Comparación de las variaciones de presión abdominal en medio acuático y aéreo durante la realización de cuatro ejercicios abdominales hipopresivos

Objective

To analize the effects of submersion in abdominal pressure and determine the effectiveness of hipopressive gymnastic in acuatic enviroment.

Material

To carry out the analysis an indoor-pool was used. Meassurements of abdominal pressure variations have been taken using a manometer connected to a pressure sensor located in the anus.

Method

Comparison between abdominal pressure variations obtained in four different positions: stand up, crouching, knneling and quadrupedic position and in four different situations: aerial with and without typical corrective factors of hipopressive postures and submersed in the same situations.

The analysis has been carried out within a group of eighteen young women.

Results

Variations in abdominal pressure have been compared using the Wilcoxon test.

It has been found a statistically significant decrease in abdominal pressure in each aerial position, without hipopressive corrective factors applied in relation to the reference position. These deviations become remarked with corrective factors applied (specially in quadrupedic position).

In acuatic enviroment, an increase of abdominal pressure has been detected in every functional situation, corresponding to hydrostatic pressure variation induced by water.

Conclusions

Acuatic Hipopressive Gymnastic offers no cuantitative significant advantage attending to abdominal pressure decrease (in absolute values). Nevertheless, hydrostatic pressure effect (with or without hipopressive exercise) at this specific depth results quite useful to reduce muscular tone and improve diaphragmatic domes mobility.