Effects of Breathing Exercises in the Mothers of Children With Special Health Care Needs

Hasan Kalyoncu University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Low-back Pain

Treatments: Other: Breathing exercises; Other: Stabilization exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04546880

HKUatuncer

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of breathing exercises combined with core stabilization exercises in mothers with chronic non-specific low back pain of children with special health care needs.

Full description

A total of 46 mothers having children with special health care needs participate in the study.

Twenty-three mothers in the experimental group receive stabilization exercises with breathing exercises 3 times a week for 8 weeks while 23 mothers in the control group receive only stabilization exercises during the same period of time. Each exercise session lasts about 60 minutes and was performed 3 days per week, for 8 weeks. All mothers in both groups perform 15 minutes warm-up stretching exercises prior to the core exercises and 10 minutes cool-down exercises at the end of each session.

Breathing with the stabilization exercise group receives breathing exercises before the stabilization exercise program. A one-hour theoretical training is given to the mothers about the techniques of diaphragmatic and pursed-lip breathing at the beginning of the study. The pursed-lip breathing is one step further to the diaphragmatic breathing. Patients are instructed to do breathing exercises during the stabilization exercises, in which patients focus on their breathing circle, time, and movement while doing the stabilization exercises.

All 46 mothers in both groups are given a one-hour training about the stabilization exercises before starting the study. The motor control tests for local muscles transversus abdominus and multifidi are performed after the training. The abdominal bracing test is performed in the quadruped position, in prone, and in hook lying position with the patient's spine supine with hips and knees flexed and knees in contact with the surface. Closed-chain segmental control exercises, a series of weight-bearing exercises, and open kinetic chain exercises to promote distal stability are performed.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary caregiver of the child
• Suffering from LBP for at least three months
• Lumbar instability
• Absence of radiculopathy or other damages to the spine
• Not receiving any types of physical therapy during the trial or at least six months prior to the study
• Enough physical autonomy to participate in the physical activities
• Be volunteer
• Be compliant for the study

Exclusion criteria

• Taking any anti-depressant medications and/or having psychotherapy
• Any surgery within the last 3 months
• Be pregnant
• Presence of dysfunction of the musculoskeletal system during the study
• Participation rate lower than 80% of the program schedule

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1:Breathing and Stabilization Exercise Group

Experimental group

Description:

Breathing exercises combined with stabilization exercises

Treatment:

Other: Breathing exercises

Other: Stabilization exercises

Group 2: Stabilization Exercise Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Only Stabilization exercises therapy

Treatment:

Other: Stabilization exercises