Key result
Waist stabilization exercise with blood flow restriction significantly increased external oblique abdominal muscle thickness compared to exercise without blood flow restriction over 6 weeks.
Why the study?
Does waist stabilization exercise with blood flow restriction improve trunk muscle thickness and density compared to exercise without blood flow restriction in healthy adults?
RCT (n=40)
Randomized
Does waist stabilization exercise with blood flow restriction improve trunk muscle thickness and density compared to exercise without blood flow restriction in healthy adults?
Waist stabilization exercise with blood flow restriction significantly increased external oblique muscle thickness over time compared to exercise alone, though other trunk muscle parameters did not differ significantly between groups.
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Small pilot suggests BFR may enhance stabilization exercise effects on abdominal muscles; leaves open confirmation in larger trials.
Purpose: In this study experiments were performed during 6 weeks with 40 adults, 20 subjects in the waist stabilization exercise with blood flow restriction group and 20 subjects in the waist stabilization exercise without blood flow restriction group, in order to determine the impact of waist stabilization exercise on White Area Index (WAI) followed by blood flow restriction. Methods: Thickness of external oblique abdominal muscle, internal oblique abdominal muscle, and transversus abdominis muscle, as well as density and WAI of external oblique abdominal muscle were measured, followed by performance of repeated ANOVA. Results: Significant difference in thickness of external oblique abdominal muscle according to periodical difference was observed between groups (p< 0.05). Significant difference in thickness of internal oblique abdominal muscle and transversus abdominis muscle according to periodical difference was observed between groups (p< 0.05). Significant difference in density and WAI of external oblique abdominal muscle according to periodical difference was observed between groups (p< 0.05).
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Park et al. (2016) conducted an RCT in Healthy adults (n=40). Waist stabilization exercise with blood flow restriction vs. Waist stabilization exercise without blood flow restriction was evaluated on External oblique abdominal muscle thickness at 6 weeks (p=<0.05). Waist stabilization exercise with blood flow restriction significantly increased external oblique abdominal muscle thickness compared to exercise without blood flow restriction over 6 weeks.
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