Effects of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises During Pregnancy.
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises, Conventional Therapy(Hot pack,TENS,Patient Education).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Lumbopelvic Pain, Insomnia. Basic parameters: 20 years — 40 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Pakistan
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Official title
Effects of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises on Lumbopelvic Pain and Insomnia During Pregnancy.
Overview
Lumbopelvic pain (LPP) during pregnancy is defined as pregnancy-related low back, or pelvic girdle pain. Pregnancy is a significant time for sleep disruptions as well.PMR involves systematically tensing and relaxing different muscle groups in the body, starting from the feet or hands and progressing through the body. This study aims to evaluate the impact of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) exercises on the alleviation of low back pain and sleeplessness in pregnant women in their pregnancy.
Detailed description
Literature suggests that Pregnancy involves hormonal and biomechanics adjustments, leading to changes in body systems for a secure fetus development. Painful symptoms and sleep disorders are common complaints, often present in the same individual.The exact cause of low back pain during pregnancy is not fully understood, but it is often linked to biomechanical, vascular, and hormonal changes.In the third trimester, 98% of women experience sleep difficulties, primarily caused by backache, urinary frequency, fetal movements, GERD, and leg discomfort.
The PMR technique involves deep breathing and progressive relaxation (tense-release) of major muscle groups. The technique promotes systematic relaxation of the major muscle groups of the body with the goal of physical and mental relaxation, reducing the response to stress, reducing skeletal muscle contractions, and decreasing pain sensations.
Interventions
- Other Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises
Progressive muscle Relaxation exercises will be performed by this group.Advise women to sit in chair. The therapist's voice will then instruct them to contract and release different muscle groups. They will practice tensing a muscle group until they feel the slight contraction and then release it, simultaneously contracting and relaxing all other muscle groups.Practice will progress in the same manner, starting with the muscles in the feet, then the calf, thigh, gluteal muscles, abdomen, chest, - Other Conventional Therapy(Hot pack,TENS,Patient Education)
Conventional therapy including hot pack and TENS will be applied for 10 minutes each. Meanwhile, patients will be given education to ease back pain and improve sleep.
Primary outcome measures
- Numeric Pain Rating Scale [Time frame: Changes from Baseline to 6 weeks]
- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) [Time frame: Changes from Baseline to 6 weeks.]
- Insomnia severity index [Time frame: Changes from Baseline to 6 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire [Time frame: Changes from Baseline to 6 weeks]
- Short Form-36 [Time frame: Changes from Baseline to 6 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Pregnant females with Age 20-40 years.During second and third trimester with
- Uncomplicated pregnancies.Pregnancy related LBP >3 on NPRS \& Insomnia severity index (ISI) >10 score.Posterior lumbopelvic pain
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with Anterior Lumbopelvic Pain.
- Hemodynamically significant heart disease,
- Restrictive lung disease,
- Incompetent cervix/cerclage,
- Multiple gestation at risk for premature labor \& Persistent bleeding.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Pakistan · 1 center
- Samra Yosaf Materniy Clinic — Mirpur
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06536764 · Ayesha Razzaq