osteoporosis is a common disease that affect most of postmenopausal women. various treatment procedures are used to avoid future complain among postmenopausal population.
Ethics statement This study was approved by the institutional review board of the faculty of physical therapy, Cairo university, Egypt (no.P.T. REC/012/003867) and strictly adhered to the criteria proclaimed in the latest version of the declaration of Helsinki code of ethics. each woman freely consents to participate in this research study. study design. A prospective double-masked randomized controlled trial. sample size calculation. Based on a pilot study, sample size was calculated according to the significant difference in the value of mean difference (pretreatments - posttreatment values) of ODI between control (16.60 ± 2.22) and study (26.50 ± 4.09) groups in two tailed unpaired t test, with α=0.05, power of 80%, and an effect size of 0.74. So, a sample size of 30 patients/per group would be required and increased to 35 women to allow for a 15% dropout rate (Power 301 http: www.psycho.uni-duesseldorf.de) Randomization. Randomization of sample selection were achieved using closed envelop way to allocate study participants to either intervention group (medication and treatment exercises) control group (medication only). all postmenopausal women and examiners were unaware of group allocation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
control group received (Alendronate) 70 mg 1 tab every week.
the experimental group performed core stability and dynamic resistance exercises, a 45-min lumbar-pelvic/core strength and stability exercise program, each exercise was executed for three sets of 15 seconds, which gradually upgraded to three sets of 45-second at the fourth month and 10 sec rest between each set and dynamic resistance exercise performed by each woman for 2 sets for 8-12 repetitions gradually along the study of 90 sec rest between each set for a duration of 60 minutes.
faculty of physical therapy, Cairo university
Giza, Egypt
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry
a valid and reliable method for assessing bone mineral density, A normal T score is -1.0 and above, low bone density is between -1.0 and -2.5, and osteoporosis is -2.5 and lower
Time frame: period of treatment was 4 successive months.
Oswestry Disability Index
reliable method for assessing quality of life, The 10 factors which constitute the ODI criteria for assessing patients' functional impairment are pain intensity, ease of personal care, lifting, working, sitting, standing, sleeping, sex life, social life and travelling. Each of the 10 questions is scored from 0 to 5, giving a maximum score of 50. The total score is then converted into a percentage by multiplying it by 2.
Time frame: period of treatment was 4 successive months.
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