Diaphragmatic Breathing With and Without Abdominal Muscles Strength Training Program
Condition: Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness; Endurance; Quality of Life
MeSH terms: Muscle Weakness
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The postpartum period is excessively weak and have hypotonic abdominal muscles, making the
      ligaments and connective tissue softer and more elastic. The importance of exercise in the
      postpartum period is very important in this regard.

      This study will be a Randomized control trial used to compare the effects of diaphragmatic
      breathing with and without abdominal muscles strength training program on pelvic floor
      strength and endurance and quality of life in postnatal women. Subjects meeting the inclusion
      and exclusion criteria will be divided into two groups using lottery method. Assessment will
      be done using PERFECT scheme questionnaire and SF- 36 quality of life questionnaire. Subjects
      in one group will receive diaphragmatic breathing exercises along with pelvic muscle strength
      training and subjects in other group will receive only diaphragmatic breathing exercises.
      Each subject will receive 12 treatment sessions for 4 weeks. Results will be analyzed for any
      change by using SPSS25.
    

Detailed description: 
      The postpartum period is excessively weak and have hypotonic abdominal muscles, making the
      ligaments and connective tissue softer and more elastic. These changes result in anatomical,
      physiological and biomechanical alterations. Therefore, these factors are responsible for the
      lack of necessary support for the waist region, pain, disability and negative impact on
      health-related quality of life. The importance of exercise in the postpartum period is very
      important in this regard. Postnatal exercises have several benefits such as improving pelvic
      floor strength and endurance and quality of life and increasing the general well-being,
      preventing the diastasis of the rectus Abdominis muscle (RAM) increasing cardiovascular
      endurance and bone mineral density.

      This study will be a Randomized control trial used to compare the effects of diaphragmatic
      breathing with and without abdominal muscles strength training program on pelvic floor
      strength and endurance and quality of life in postnatal women. Subjects meeting the inclusion
      and exclusion criteria will be divided into two groups using lottery method. Assessment will
      be done using PERFECT scheme questionnaire and SF- 36 quality of life questionnaire. Subjects
      in one group will receive diaphragmatic breathing exercises along with pelvic muscle strength
      training and subjects in other group will receive only diaphragmatic breathing exercises.
      Each subject will receive 12 treatment sessions for 4 weeks. Results will be analyzed for any
      change by using SPSS25.
    

Intervention name(s): Diaphragmatic breathing exercises; Abdominal muscle strengthening exercises
Intervention type(s): Other; Other
Intervention description(s): 12 treatment sessions for 4 weeks period, which consisted of 03 treatment sessions per week.; 12 treatment sessions for 4 weeks period, which consisted of 03 treatment sessions per week.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: Abdominal Muscles; Breathing Exercises; Exercise; Pelvic Floor; Quality Of Life