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Effects of Antenatal Exercises on Maternal Birth Outcomes

NCT ID: NCT05936866

Last Updated: 2023-12-27

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

42 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-06-13

Study Completion Date

2023-12-21

Brief Summary

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The study is aimed to determine the effects of pelvic floor stretching Vs strengthening on maternal birth outcomes and postpartum urogenital distress in primigravida.

Detailed Description

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The effects of pelvic floor muscle exercises on the symptoms of postpartum urinary distress is not known, so there is a need to determine whether strengthening or stretching of pelvic floor muscles help in reducing the risk of developing urogenital distress in postpartum period of females. The positive effect of pelvic floor muscle training on duration of labor and maternal birth outcomes is understood. As stated in a systemic review of pelvic floor interventions during pregnancy. The researches done on effect of pelvic floor muscle exercises, included once a week supervised session of sustained pelvic floor muscle contractions with rest intervals and fast contractions with respective rest intervals along with daily home sessions of the same exercises.

Conditions

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Pregnancy Related

Keywords

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Pregnancy Related Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness Delivery Delayed

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Pelvic floor stretching

Pelvic floor stretching exercises

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pelvic floor stretching

Intervention Type OTHER

Week 1 to 4: Pelvic floor muscles awareness, Breathing exercises , seated pelvic tilts, cat stretches, seated hip openers (2 sets, 8 reps, sustained for 6 seconds) Week 5 to 8: Pelvic floor muscles awareness, Breathing exercises ,seated pelvic tilts, cat stretches, Seated hip openers, Relaxed Frog (2 sets, 8 reps, sustained for 6 seconds) Week 9 to 13: Pelvic floor muscles awareness, Breathing exercises, seated pelvic tilts, cat stretches, Seated hip openers, Relaxed Frog side lying clamshells, mini squats with support (2 sets, 9 reps, sustained for 7 seconds)

Pelvic floor strengthening

Pelvic floor strengthening Exercises

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Pelvic floor strengthening

Intervention Type OTHER

Week 1 to 4: Pelvic floor muscles awareness, Breathing exercises, 2 Sets of 10 Reps for pelvic floor squeeze and release Seated marching with elastic band with pelvic floor squeeze.

Week 5 to 8: 2 sets x 9 Reps for Pelvic floor squeeze and release, Seated marching with elastic band with pelvic. 2 Sets x 8 Reps for bridging with pelvic floor squeeze, side lying hip circles Week 9 to 13: 2 sets 10 reps for Pelvic floor squeeze-and-release, Seated marching with elastic band with pelvic floor squeeze, pelvic bridging with pelvic floor squeeze, side lying hip circles with pelvic floor squeeze. 2 sets, 8 reps for . side lying Clamshells with resistance band and pelvic floor squeeze and plie squats with pelvic floor squeeze

Interventions

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Pelvic floor stretching

Week 1 to 4: Pelvic floor muscles awareness, Breathing exercises , seated pelvic tilts, cat stretches, seated hip openers (2 sets, 8 reps, sustained for 6 seconds) Week 5 to 8: Pelvic floor muscles awareness, Breathing exercises ,seated pelvic tilts, cat stretches, Seated hip openers, Relaxed Frog (2 sets, 8 reps, sustained for 6 seconds) Week 9 to 13: Pelvic floor muscles awareness, Breathing exercises, seated pelvic tilts, cat stretches, Seated hip openers, Relaxed Frog side lying clamshells, mini squats with support (2 sets, 9 reps, sustained for 7 seconds)

Intervention Type OTHER

Pelvic floor strengthening

Week 1 to 4: Pelvic floor muscles awareness, Breathing exercises, 2 Sets of 10 Reps for pelvic floor squeeze and release Seated marching with elastic band with pelvic floor squeeze.

Week 5 to 8: 2 sets x 9 Reps for Pelvic floor squeeze and release, Seated marching with elastic band with pelvic. 2 Sets x 8 Reps for bridging with pelvic floor squeeze, side lying hip circles Week 9 to 13: 2 sets 10 reps for Pelvic floor squeeze-and-release, Seated marching with elastic band with pelvic floor squeeze, pelvic bridging with pelvic floor squeeze, side lying hip circles with pelvic floor squeeze. 2 sets, 8 reps for . side lying Clamshells with resistance band and pelvic floor squeeze and plie squats with pelvic floor squeeze

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Primigravida

Exclusion Criteria

* Any Contraindications to performing an exercise during pregnancy based on recommendations of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
* females opting for Elective C section
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Riphah International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Sarah Ehsan, PP-DPT

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Riphah International University

Locations

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Doctors hospital

Abbottabad, KPK, Pakistan

Site Status

Countries

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Pakistan

Other Identifiers

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REC/01537 Omama Sadaf

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id