TY - JOUR 
A1 - Romero Morales, Carlos
AU - Rodríguez Sanz, David
AU - Cueva Reguera, Mónica de la
AU - Fernández Martínez, Silvia
AU - Téllez González, Patricia
AU - Martínez Pascual, Beatriz
T1 - Proprioceptive StabilizerTM training of the abdominal wall muscles in healthy subjects: A quasi-experimental study
Y1 - 2018
SN - 0104-4230
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/7878
AB - The present quasi-experimental study aimed to assess the transversus abdominis (TrA), internal oblique (IO) and external oblique (EO)
thickness in healthy subjects with the proprioceptive StabilizerTM training in abdominal wall muscles. A sample of 41 healthy participants (age: 31.9 ± 4.5 y; height: 1.7 ± 0.1 m; weight: 68.3 ± 13.1 kg; body mass index, BMI: 22.9 ± 2.7 kg/m2
) were recruited to participate
in this study. Ultrasound images of the EO, IO, TrA, rectus anterior (RA) and interrecti distance (IRD) were measured and analyzed
by the ImageJ software. Measurements were made at rest and during the abdominal drawing-maneuver (ADIM) developed by the
patients with the StabilizerTM located in the low back holding 40 mmHg for 10 seconds with a visual stimulus provided by a circular
pressure marker. Ultrasound measurements for the abdominal wall muscles showed statistically significant differences (P < .05) for a
thickness decrease of the EO, IO and a thickness increase of TrA. A proprioceptive StabilizerTM training produced a thickness increase in
TrA muscle and a thickness decrease in EO and IO muscles in healthy subjects. These findings suggest that a proprioceptive StabilizerTM training could be useful in individuals with low back pain and lumbopelvic pain.
KW - Fisiología del ejercicio
KW - Entrenamiento deportivo
KW - Fisiología humana
KW - Atleta
LA - eng
ER -