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Filter by:Diastasis recti abdominis is a pathology that appears in a high percentage of women during the postpartum period. However, there is little evidence about its treatment. The present protocol aims to evaluate the efficacy of radiofrequency as an alternative for the treatment of abdominal diastasis along with abdominal exercises compared to the only intervention through abdominal exercise. An aleatory clinical testing will be conducted where 44 women diagnosed with diastasis recti abdominis in the postpartum period will be recruited. A common exercise protocol will be applied for two groups of participants, and both of them will have to be able to carry out the activities autonomously at home. In addition, control sessions will be held weekly for both groups where one of the groups, the control group (n=22), will receive radiofrequency therapy with the machine in athermic mode, while the other group, the experimental group (n=22), will receive a weekly session under the established diathermy protocol. The sessions will last 30 minutes and will take place for 10 consecutive weeks. Three variables will be evaluated: the width of the diastasis measured in centimeters, life quality measured using the Short form (36) questionnaire, and the perception of the pain measured with the visual analogue scale. Three evaluations will be done: at the beginning of the study, after ten weeks and three months later.
The aim of study is to compare the effect of Hypopressive breathing and noble technique on width of Diastasis Recti Abdominis, lumbopelvic pain and maternal functioning in postpartum women.
Diastasis Rectus Abdominis is quite common during and after pregnancy. Abdominal core strengthening exercises have been proven to be very effective in reducing Inter rectus distance, however, the role of Biofeedback EMG assisted exercises in Diastasis Rectus have been poorly understood.
Diastasis Rectus abdominis is a common condition in pregnant and postpartum women, where the connective tissue between the two muscle bellies of the rectus abdominis muscle is stretched and weakened, causing an increased inter-rectus distance. Treatment of this condition aim to reduce the inter-rectus distance, and conservative treatment including therapeutic exercise is the primary treatment of choice. To date, there is no generally accepted protocol of therapeutic exercises for this condition, and the evidence as to which exercise modality is the most effective and feasible in reducing the inter-rectus distance in women presenting with diastasis rectus abdominis is both sparse and weak. As this condition occur during the last two trimesters of pregnancy and as there is a paucity of high-quality studies on a pregnant population, investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial on the effect of a specific exercise program during pregnancy on diastasis rectus abdominis. 100 pregnant women in gestation week 25 presenting with diastasis rectus abdominis of ≥ 28 mm will be included. Participants will be allocated to either an intervention group or a control group by block randomization. The intervention group will participate in a 12-week specific exercise program, consisting of two group sessions and two self-managed sessions weekly. The control group will not participate in any exercise intervention; however, participants will be recommended to follow national guidelines for general exercise during pregnancy. Participants will be assessed prior to intervention, post intervention at gestation week 37, and 6 weeks, 6 and 12 months postpartum. The primary outcome measure will be change in the inter-rectus distance in mm, measured by two-dimensional ultrasonography.
Prevalence rates of diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) among postpartum women vary between 30% - 68%. It has been postulated that DRA, in addition to being a cosmetic concern for many women, may reduce low- back and pelvic stability causing low back- and pelvic girdle pain and be related to pelvic floor dysfunctions such as urinary incontinence, anal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Given the limited research data, there is currently no consensus on which abdominal exercises to recommend to narrow the diastasis. The purpose of this assessor blinded parallel group randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to evaluate the effect of abdominal muscle training on inter-recti distance (IRD) and prevalence of DRA.