Investigation of the Relationship Between Core Muscles Functions and Symptoms of Patients with Abdominal Bloating/Distension

Dokuz Eylül University (DEU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bloating; Distension

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06659874

2022/35-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between core muscle functions (strength, endurance, thickness) and symptoms in individuals with abdominal bloating/distension. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does symptoms in individuals with abdominal bloating/distension have an effect on core muscles? How do core muscles change based on an increase or decrease in these symptoms?

Full description

In studies on individuals with abdominal bloating/distension in the literature, the diaphragm, abdominal muscles, and pelvic floor muscles have been examined separately. There is no study that examines all core muscles together in such cases. Additionally, there is no study examining the relationship between core muscle function and symptoms. Therefore, the aim of our study is to investigate the relationship between core muscle functions (strength, endurance, thickness) and symptoms in individuals with abdominal bloating/distension.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Have a diagnosis of abdominal bloating/distension made by a physician according to the Rome IV Criteria
• Be female between 18 and 65 years of age
• Volunteer to participate"

Exclusion criteria

• Having a serious neurological, pulmonary, systemic, orthopedic, or metabolic disease accompanying bloating-distension
• Being under 18 or over 65 years of age
• Being pregnant
• Having any organic cause for bloating and distension (such as celiac disease or other absorption disorders, intestinal dysmotility, and chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction)
• Having alarm symptoms (weight loss, rectal bleeding, or anemia)
• Having a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥40
• Having a history of gastrointestinal (GI) or abdominolumbopelvic surgery