Exercise Movement Techniques, Muscle Strength, Athletes, Posture
Conditions
Keywords
core strength, Pilates, Female Athletes, Posture, Fatigue
Brief summary
The study is randomized and single-blinded. Ethical approval is taken from ethical committee of Riphah International University, Lahore. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated in group A & B through sealed envelope method by Non-probability Convenient random sampling technique. Subjects in Group A will receive Core Strengthening exercises. Group B will receive Pilates exercises.
Detailed description
The objective of the study is to determine the Effects of Core Strengthening and Pilates Exercises on Posture, Body Awareness, and Fatigue among Female Athletes. The study is randomized and single-blinded. Ethical approval is taken from ethical committee of Riphah International University, Lahore. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated in group A & B through sealed envelope method by Non-probability Convenient random sampling technique. Subjects in Group A will receive Core Strengthening exercises. Group B will receive Pilates exercises. York posture rating chart, body awareness scale, and modified fatigue impact scale will be done at the baseline and after the completion of treatment at 6 weeks. The data will be analyzed by SPSS, version 25. Statistical significance is P=0.05.
Interventions
CSE will constitute of abdominal hollowing, Side Bridge, supine extension bridge, straight leg rise from prone, alternate arm and leg raise from quadruped, and prone bridge
OTHERPilates exercise
Pilates includes hundreds, one leg stretch, shoulder bridge, hip twist, scissors, side kicks
Sponsors
Riphah International University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
the assessor who will take the readings is blind
Intervention model description
randomized clinical trail
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 26 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Amateur female athletes 18-26 years of age, * Duration of playing at least 6 months to 1 year, * BMI \<29 kg/m2, Core training not less than 4 weeks, * Females having no previous injury that could interfere with the study, * Females are not currently using nutritional supplements
Exclusion criteria
* Smoking, * sleeping medications, * complementary medicine use over the last six months, * Stressful events in the past three months, * presence of a physical or mental illness, or surgical history, * Presence of any neurological and vascular disease, * Participants having another exercise program which can affect the results, * Participants who are not able to participate in any regular exercise program.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Posture | pre and 6 weeks post interventional | posture of the female athlete will be measured by New York posture rating chart for each of 13 body alignment segments |
| Body Awareness | pre and 6 weeks post interventional | Body Awareness Questionnaire will be used to measure the body awareness of female athlete |
| Fatigue | pre and 6 weeks post interventional | Modified fatigue impact scale instrument provides an assessment of the effects of fatigue with scoring from 36 in 21 items |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed