The study recruited male sports hernias patients referred for physical therapy by an orthopedist or general practitioner from Damietta General Hospital. Participants had to be between 18 and 45 years old, have had sports hernia for two to ten weeks, and be willing and able to attend and stick to the Pilates exercise program for the trial's entire duration
The study recruited male sports hernias patients referred for physical therapy by an orthopedist or general practitioner from Damietta General Hospital. Participants had to be between 18 and 45 years old, have had sports hernias for two to ten weeks, and be willing and able to attend and stick to the Pilates exercise program for the entire trial. Exclusion criteria were applied to patients with preexisting injuries or conditions that could affect Pilates exercise participation and those with contraindications or exacerbating conditions from such exercises. Further criteria were currently participating in other intensive exercise or rehabilitation programs and inability to give informed consent due to cognitive or communicative issues
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
94
The core and hip muscles will be targeted through a customized workout program consisting of exercises such as Breathing, Planks, Side- Planks, Weighted lunges, Glute Bridge, Clamshell, Half-Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch, Swan dive, Roll down, Ab curls, and Shoulder bridge, Low-intensity Ultrasound , and low level laser therapy
Faculty of physical therapy, Delta university for science and technology
Al Mansurah, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
RECRUITINGVisual Analogue Scale
Typically, it consists of a 10 cm horizontal or vertical line with no pain at one end and the highest pain level at the other end.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Lower Extremity Functional Scale
Consists of 20 items that assess the ability to perform activities related to lower extremity function, such as standing, walking, stair climbing, and balance.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Harris Hip Score
this tool is used to evaluate patients with hip conditions such as femoral neck fracture or OA.
Time frame: 12 weeks
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