Prone Plank Exercises for Diastasis Rectus Abdominis in Postpartum Women

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Post Partum Women

Treatments: Device: Electrical Stimulation; Other: Prone plank exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06259240

Plank Exercises in Diastasis

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to compare between the effects of prone plank exercises versus ES for DRA in postpartum women.

Full description

The study conducted on forty-two woman. They had diastasis rectus abdominis12 weeks to 36 months postpartum. They were randomly divided into two equal groups; group A received prone plank exercises while group B recieved electrical stimulation.All patients recieved three sessions per week foe eight weeks.

Enrollment: 42 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• they had DRA 12 weeks to 36 months postpartum, and were referred to physiotherapy by a gynaecologist, multiparous with the IRD measuring greater than two cm. Age ranged between 20-35 years. Body mass index didn't exceed 30 kg/m2.

Exclusion criteria

• they were in ongoing pregnancy, twin pregnancy, premature birth before gestation week 37, and exceeded more than thirty-six months postpartum.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Prone Plank Exercises

Active Comparator group

Description:

Forty two post partum woman will recieve progressive prone plank exercises, three times a week, for eight weeks, and with a moderate hard intensity.

Treatment:

Other: Prone plank exercises

Electrical Stimulation

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Forty two post partum woman will recieve electrical stimulation for the rectus abdominis muscle day after day for 8 weeks. The patient position was relaxed in the crook lying position. The session parameters were 30 minutes/session with a low frequency current (50-100Hz).

Treatment:

Device: Electrical Stimulation