Breathing and Core Stability Exercise Effects on Lumbopelvic Pain

Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

Official title: Effects of Breathing Exercises With and Without Core Stability Exercises on Pain Pressure Threshold and Disability in Postpartum Females With Lumbopelvic Pain

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Lumbopelvic pain refers to self-reported pain in areas of lower region, anterior and posterior pelvic tilt or combination of these. Physical therapy interventions used are breathing exercises with and without core stability exercises. Tool used were Pain Pressure Algometer and Oswestry Disability Index.

Clinical Trial Description

Lumbopelvic pain is self-reported pain. It is common complaint for women after labour, and it is found that 25% of newly delivered women experienced low back and pelvic pain. Different interventions have been used to reduce the lumbopelvic pain in general including exercises, drugs, therapies and massage. An increasingly common approach used within physical therapy management are breathing exercises and core stabilization exercises. This study will used to compare the effects of breathing exercises with and without core stability exercise. Pre-assessment will be done using oswestry disability index as subjective measurement and pain pressure algometer as objective measure. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain
• Pain, Postoperative
• Pelvic Pain
• Post-operative Pain
• Respiratory Aspiration
• Respiratory Sounds

• NCT number: NCT05405127
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Riphah International University
• Contact: Imran Amjad, Phd
• Phone: 03324390125
• Email: imran.amjad@riphah.edu.pk
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 30, 2022
• Completion date: December 2022