Changes in Abdominal Muscles Performance in Postpartum Women.

University of Alcala

Status: Completed

Conditions: Recti Diastasis; Pregnancy Related

Treatments: Other: Physical therapy intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03425916

BAM2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

To describe and compare abdominal muscles and inter-rectus distance conditions in postpartum period in comparison with nulliparous women. Also to describe the activation changes during different abdominal exercises.

Full description

Pregnancy and childbirth cause corporal changes in women, altering the structure and function of the abdominal and pelvic floor muscles. The distension of the muscular tissue and the possible diastasis recti can alter the performance of the abdominal musculature in the control of intra-abdominal pressure and the lumbo-pelvic stabilization in postpartum term. Abdominal exercise is highly recommended to restore these changes but there is not enough evidence about the effects of exercise modalities.

Enrollment: 196 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primiparous women
• Normal not operative delivery
• One child delivery

Exclusion criteria

• Two or more previous gestation
• Previous abdominal surgery
• Systemic disease, neurologic or metabolic disease

Trial design

196 participants in 2 patient groups

Primiparous women

Description:

Women after normal, not operative, vaginal one-child delivery

Treatment:

Other: Physical therapy intervention

Nulliparous women

Description:

Women without any child or pregnancy, age-matched