Effects of Home Based Stabilization and Kegel Exercises on Postnatal Females

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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To compare the effects of home based stabilization exercises and kegel exercises on low back pain, disability and quality of life in postnatal females.

Official Title
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Comparative Effects of Home Based Stabilization and Kegel Exercises on Low Back Pain, Disability and Quality of Life in Postnatal Females

Conditions
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Low Back Pain

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: home based stabilization exercises
* Other: kegel exercises


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Cesarean delivery. Multi gravida females. Postpartum low back pain last for 1 year Exclusion Criteria: Low back pain before pregnancy. Urogenital infections. History of pelvic floor or lumber surgery. Malignancy. Pelvic or lumber fractures

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 35 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: home based stabilization exercises<br>knee rolls, the cat, spine curl, bridging, single knee to chest, pelvic tilt | Other: home based stabilization exercises<br>* 3 times per day with 10 repetitions and holding time will be 5-10 sec<br>|
| Experimental: kegel exercises<br>kegel exercises | Other: kegel exercises<br>* 3 times per day with 10 repetitions and holding time will be 5-10 sec<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Visual analogue scale | A tool used to help a person rate the intensity of pain. The visual analogue scale for pain is a straight line with one end meaning no pain and the other end meaning the worst pain imaginable. High reliability when it is used for acute abdominal pain and moderate to good reliability for disability in patient with chronic musculoskeletal pain. It is a validated, subjective measure for acute and chronic pain | 6th week | 
| Short form 36 | The Short form 36 health survey questionnaire is used to indicate the health status of particular population, to help with service planning and to measure the impact of clinical and social intervention. The SF-36 is considered to be a valid, reliable, concise and generic measure of state of health | 6th week | 
| Oswestry disability index | The Oswestry disability index is a self-rating condition-specific outcome measure for evaluation of low back pain disability. It is a validated, 10-point patient-reported outcome questionnaire. It is considered the Gold standard for measuring disability and quality of life, impairment for adult with low back pain. The ODI ca be used to assess both chronic and acute conditions of varying severity. It has a high test-retest reliability and takes around 5 min for a patient to complete | 6th week | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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disability, low back pain, females, quality of life, stabilization exercises