Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercise on Body Posture

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Body Posture; Telerehabilitation; Quality of Life; Diaphragmatic Breathing; Pelvic Floor Muscle Training

Treatments: Other: exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05410704

postureandlife

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study; It will be done in order to show evidence of the effects of pelvic floor muscle training and diaphragmatic breathing exercise via telerehabilitation on body posture and quality of life in healthy individuals. International Physical Activity Quastionnaire Short Form (IPAQ), Pelvic Floor Impact Quastionnaire Short Form (PFIQ-7), 36-Item Short Form Survey(SF-36) and New York Posture Rating Chart will be applied.

Enrollment: 36 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Body Mass Index between 18-25
• Being a woman over the age of 18

Exclusion criteria

• obstructive or restrictive lung disease
• diagnosed with urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse
• pelvic pain
• history of pelvic surgery
• Any history of spinal, thoracic or abdominal surgery
• To smoke
• cardiac, neurological and rheumatological disease
• Congenital deformity or previous history of surgery in the spine and thorax
• endocrine and metabolic disease
• psychiatric disorders
• cardiological disorders
• malignancy
• Doing regular physical activity or sports for the last 3 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

Study Group

Experimental group

Description:

Pelvic floor muscle exercises and diaphragmatic breathing exercises will be performed 3 times a week for 12 weeks. New York Posture Rating Scale and SF-36 will be applied before and after the study. International Physical Activity Questionnaire and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire will be applied before the study.

Treatment:

Other: exercises

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention. New York Posture Rating Scale and SF-36 will be applied before and after the study. International Physical Activity Questionnaire and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire will be applied before the study.