Combined Effects Of Stability Oriented Breathing Exercises and Kegel's Exercises On Inter-recti Distance, Lumbopelvic Pain and Strength In Postpartum Women

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to study postpartum women who often face challenges like increased separation of abdominal muscles (inter-recti distance), lower back and pelvic pain, and weakened core strength. The trial evaluates how combining stability-focused breathing exercises with Kegel exercises affects these conditions. The study uses a randomized controlled design and plans to include 66 women in each group, accounting for possible dropouts. Participants are women aged 18 to 40 years with a history of cesarean sections and a specific range of abdominal muscle separation. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: one group will perform Kegel exercises alone, while the other group will combine Kegel exercises with specialized breathing exercises. Both groups will train three times a week for eight weeks. The breathing exercises progress from static breathing techniques in the first two weeks to resistance band exercises in weeks three and four, and finally dynamic breathing exercises in the last four weeks. The Kegel exercise group also follows a structured progression in repetitions and contraction duration, including warm-up and cool-down periods. During the study, researchers will measure outcomes such as abdominal muscle separation using finger width, pelvic floor muscle strength through manual testing, and pain levels using a numeric pain rating scale. These assessments will occur over the eight-week training period. Data will be analyzed to understand the effects of the interventions. The trial includes safety monitoring to exclude participants with conditions that could interfere with exercise, and the total participation duration is eight weeks.

Combined Effects Of Stability Oriented Breathing Exercises and Kegel's Exercises in Postpartum Women