Telehealth: Diaphragmatic vs. Pelvic Exercise in Postpartum Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain

NCT ID: NCT06284278

Last Updated: 2024-11-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-03-01

Study Completion Date

2026-07-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this interventional study is to compare investigate the short-term and long-term effects of 8-week real-time telehealth-based diaphragmatic breathing exercise and pelvic stabilization exercise on pain, disability, and quality of life in postpartum women with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Postpartum Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Diaphragmatic breathing exercise group

Diaphragmatic breathing exercise through telehealth

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Diaphragmatic breathing retraining

Intervention Type OTHER

8 weeks diaphragmatic breathing training

pelvic anatomy education

Intervention Type OTHER

pelvic anatomy education

Pelvic stabilization exercise group

Pelvic stabilization exercise through telehealth

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Pelvic stabilization exercise

Intervention Type OTHER

8 weeks pelvic stabilization exercise training

pelvic anatomy education

Intervention Type OTHER

pelvic anatomy education

Interventions

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Diaphragmatic breathing retraining

8 weeks diaphragmatic breathing training

Intervention Type OTHER

Pelvic stabilization exercise

8 weeks pelvic stabilization exercise training

Intervention Type OTHER

pelvic anatomy education

pelvic anatomy education

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 20-65 years
* Postpartum ≥ 3 months
* Pain located in sacroiliac joints (i.e., pain located between the posterior iliac crest and gluteal fold)
* Pregnancy-related cause of pelvic pain that pain occurs during pregnancy or after delivery (i.e., not traumatic or degenerative cause)
* At least 2 positive findings of 6 pain provocation tests for pelvic pain
* Score of Active Straight Leg Rise (ASLR) test \> 0

Exclusion Criteria

* being pregnant or actively trying to get pregnant
* having known causes of pelvic girdle pain, such as fractures and rheumatism
* having undergone lumbar, pelvic, gynecologic or obstetric surgery
* having current neurological symptoms and signs in lower extremities such as lumbar radiculopathy and myelopathy
* having cancer
* having cardiovascular disease
* being diagnosed as having a psychiatric disease
* active infection or infectious disease in the pelvis or abdomen
* having experience with structured and supervised core or trunk exercise training programs.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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YI-JU TSAI

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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YI-JU TSAI

professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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National Cheng Kung University

Tainan City, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Facility Contacts

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Tsai Yi-Ju

Role: primary

06-2353535 ext. 5930

Other Identifiers

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NCKU_PPGP_diaphragm

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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