Immediate effect of abdominal muscle contraction on pelvic floor morphology in postpartum women [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the immediate effect of abdominal muscle contraction on the pelvic floor morphology in postpartum women.MethodsThis observational cross-sectional repeated-measures study recruited 90 participants who visited the ...
Yu Wang +7 more
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Immediate Effects of Sprinter-Pattern Exercise on the Lordotic Curve and Abdominal Muscle Activity in Individuals with Hyperlordosis [PDF]
Medicina, 2023 Background and Objectives: Abdominal muscle exercises with limb movements are more effective for trunk stabilization than traditional exercises involving trunk flexion alone.
Sangbong Lee +3 more
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Association between abdominal muscle mass quantified by computed tomography and depression in middle-aged and older Korean men: a cross-sectional study of 2,877 cases [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundDepression is a prevalent mental health concern in aging populations and is associated with increased morbidity and reduced quality of life.
Gyeonghwa Jeong +2 more
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Accurate evaluation of the lipid characteristics and flavor of abdominal muscle resulting from different cooking processes using lipidomics and GC-IMS analysis [PDF]
Food Chemistry: XThis study employed UPLC-MS/MS and GC-IMS techniques to compare and analyze the lipid metabolites and volatile flavor compounds in raw abdominal muscle (CK), sour video abdominal muscle (SV), steamed abdominal muscle (ST), and oven-cooked abdominal ...
Jicai Bi +7 more
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Levels of Sex Hormones and Abdominal Muscle Composition in Men from The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [PDF]
Scientific ReportsInformation on the associations of testosterone levels with abdominal muscle volume and density in men is limited, while the role of estradiol and SHBG on these muscle characteristics are unclear.
Amar Osmancevic +6 more
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CT imaging-derived phenotypes for abdominal muscle and their association with age and sex in a medical biobank [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe study of muscle mass as an imaging-derived phenotype (IDP) may yield new insights into determining the normal and pathologic variations in muscle mass in the population.
Phuong T. Vu +22 more
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Associations between Weight-Adjusted Waist Index and Abdominal Fat and Muscle Mass: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [PDF]
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2022 Background The weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) reflected body compositional changes with aging. This study was to investigate the association of WWI with abdominal fat and muscle mass in a diverse race/ethnic population. Methods Computed tomography (CT)
Ji Yoon Kim +5 more
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Effectiveness of Respiratory and Abdominal Strength Exercises in Postoperative Patients with Abdominal Surgeries: A Narrative Review [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Abdominal surgeries are performed to diagnose and/or to treat different medical conditions by opening the abdominal cavity through large incision in the abdominal wall.
Anjan R Desai, VP Hathila
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Abdominal complex muscle in women with stress urinary incontinence – prospective case-control study
Archives of Medical Science, 2021 Introduction This study was designed to assess the percentage share of musculus obliquus externus abdominis, musculus obliquus internus abdominis and musculus transversus abdominis activity among women suffering from stress urinary incontinence using ...
Bartlomiej Burzynski +6 more
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Breathing Exercise Called the Maximal Abdominal Contraction Maneuver
Medicina, 2021 Background and objectives: The maximal abdominal contraction maneuver (MACM) was designed as an effective and efficient breathing exercise to increase the stability of the spinal joint.
Jung Won Kwon +4 more
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