The exercise is also known as abdominal hollowing and abdominal drawing-in maneuver (ADIM). A person may perform the exercise in various positions. However, someone new to the exercise should ...

A recommended solution for activating and strengthening the muscles surrounding your spine that help stabilize it, the abdominal drawing-in maneuver (ADIM) is easy to practice. It can even be ...

Stomach vacuuming involves drawing in the abdominal muscles by contracting the diaphragm and pulling the stomach inward while exhaling, giving the appearance of a "vacuumed" or sucked-in stomach.

Methods Recruitment of transversus abdominis and obliquus internus abdominis during the abdominal drawing-in manoeuvre was recorded by B-mode ultrasound and anticipatory onset of deep abdominal muscle ...