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Effects of Reformer Pilates in Pregnant Women

NCT06777771 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-01-16

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Summary

Pregnancy is known as a period associated with important physiological and psychological changes in women's lives. There is moderately sufficient evidence in the literature to recommend supplementing prenatal physical activity for maternal health benefits. It has been reported that physical exercise by pregnant women in the absence of obstetric contraindications will not pose a risk to the health of the mother and fetus. In the literature, there are no studies examining the effects of reformer pilates on pain, functional capacity, lumbopelvic stabilization, diastasis recti abdominis, abdominal muscle thickness, respiratory functions, pelvic floor dysfunction, urinary incontinence, sexual function, and venous insufficiency in pregnant women. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of reformer pilates on pain, functional capacity, lumbopelvic stabilization, diastasis recti abdominis, abdominal muscle thickness, respiratory functions, pelvic floor dysfunction, urinary incontinence, sexual function, and venous insufficiency in pregnant women.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy Related
  • Pelvic Floor Disorders
  • Pain, Back
  • Pain, Neck
  • Pregnancy, Abdominal

Interventions

OTHER

Reformer pilates exercises

The reformer pilates exercises session will start with 5 minutes of warm-up exercises, continue with resistance exercises for 20 minutes, and end with 5 minutes of cool-down exercises. The springs of the reformer pilates device will be adjusted to create mild fatigue in the first week and will be gradually increased to create moderate fatigue in the following weeks. Reformer pilates sessions will consist of 15-20 different exercises with 12-15 repetitions, including all major muscle groups. These sessions will also include exercises that strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. Reformer pilates sessions will be applied twice a week for 6 weeks, a total of 12 sessions. Apart from this, they will be asked to walk for at least 30 minutes a day, at least 3 days a week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Izmir Democracy University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Özlem Çinar Özdemir, Prof.Dr. · Izmir Democracy University

  • Kübra Özonay, PhD student · Izmir Democracy University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-06
Primary Completion
2025-08-31
Completion
2025-09-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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