Low Back Pain
Conditions
Keywords
disability, low back pain, females, quality of life, stabilization exercises
Brief summary
To compare the effects of home based stabilization exercises and kegel exercises on low back pain, disability and quality of life in postnatal females.
Interventions
OTHERhome based stabilization exercises
3 times per day with 10 repetitions and holding time will be 5-10 sec
OTHERkegel exercises
3 times per day with 10 repetitions and holding time will be 5-10 sec
Sponsors
Riphah International University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Visual analogue scale | 6th week | 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 |
| Short form 36 | 6th week | 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 |
| Oswestry disability index | 6th week | 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 |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed