Effects of Core Stability Exercise With Pregnancy Support Belt in Pubic Symphysis Dysfunction.

Riphah International University24 enrolled

Overview

Symphysis pubic dysfunction is a well-known clinical problem encountered by many females during pregnancy, yet it has not received much attention in the research literature. As pubic symphysis dysfunction at times presents with severe pain while performing day to day activities and also affects significantly on quality of life in antenatal period, but its effective management remains difficult to determine as no standardized treatment protocols are available. This study may add to the growing body of knowledge in the management of SPD, that if the core stability exercise alone or with the pregnancy support belts yield comparable outcomes and if one technique is superior to the other, which should be the alternative choice of therapy.

The study will be a randomized clinical trial and will be conducted in Women Care Clinic, Bahawalpur. This study will be completed in time duration of 10 months after the approval of synopsis. Non-probability convenience sampling technique will be used and participants will be recruited in study after randomization. The subjects will be divided into two groups. Group A will receive core stability exercises and group B will receive core stability exercises along with pregnancy support belt. The data will be assessed at the baseline and after 6th week of treatment. After data collection, the data will be analyzed by using SPSS version 25.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction

Interventions

Core stabilityOTHER

Physical therapy interventions will include core stability exercises which will be demonstrated and will be checked if they are being performed correctly. The exercises guided shall be performed 3 times daily and logbook will be provided to keep the record of exercise program.

Core stability with pregnancy support beltOTHER

Participants will receive same information and exercises as those in Group A. they will also receive pregnancy support belt. The logbook will be provided to keep the record of hours the belt has been worn along with exercise record.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 25 YearsMax age: 35 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Age 25-35 years females Have pain in the region of pubic symphysis, with or without radiation to the groin. Have pain during stair climbing, turning over in bed, standing on one leg. Have tenderness on palpation of symphysis pubis. Have positive active straight leg raise (ASLR) test result Exclusion Criteria: Medical conditions preventing use of pregnancy support belts. Pregnant females having SPD but with absolute contraindications to exercise. Posterior (lumber spine or sacroiliac joint) pain that was considered worse than the symphysis pubis pain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Roland-Morris Questionnaire (modified)

Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) is designed to assess self-rated physical disability caused by low back pain. This scale is used on subjects of age more than 12 years. Each question is worth one point so score can range from 0 (no disability) to 24 (severe disability).

Time frame: 6th week

Numerical pain rating scale

The Numerical pain rating scale is the most commonly used pain scale in the health care. This scale is used on subjects of age more than 9. By using this scale ask the participant to rate their pain orally by giving the numbers from 0-10

Time frame: 6th week

Pain Specific Functional Scale

The PSFS is a self-reported valid, reliable, and responsive outcome measure for patients with musculoskeletal problems. Patients are asked to identify up to five important activities they are unable to perform and rate (on an 11-point scale) the current level of difficulty associated with each activity."0" represents "unable to perform" and "10" represents "able to perform at prior level

Time frame: 6th Week