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Prone Plank Exercises for Diastasis Rectus Abdominis in Postpartum Women

NCT06259240 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2024-04-04

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Summary

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

Conditions

  • Post Partum Women

Interventions

OTHER

Prone plank exercises

Patients in this group will recieve prone plank exercises, three times a week, for eight weeks, and with a moderate hard intensity. During the first four weeks, the exercises session began with light walking for five minutes followed by corrected exercises. Firstly, women will perform stable prone plank exercises. Secondly, women will be asked to apply the unilateral position of prone plank. Thirdly, using a 65 cm diameter Swiss ball, women will be asked to assume the prone bridge position. During the last four weeks, women will be asked to repeat the same program noting that the progressive prone plank exercises should be applied in a dosage of 20 repetitions, three sets, holding the contraction for one minute, and taking a break for two minutes.

DEVICE

Electrical Stimulation

Electrical Stimulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fayiz Elshamy, Professor · Kafrelsheikh University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-01
Primary Completion
2024-04-20
Completion
2024-04-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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