Online-Delivered Core Stability Exercises in Postpartum Women
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: online core stability exercise group, an education-only control group.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Postpartum, Trunk Muscle Endurance, Postural Stability. 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
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effects of Online-Delivered Core Stability Exercises on Postural Control and Trunk Endurance in Postpartum Women
Overview
This study will examine a 12-week online core stability program for postpartum women, where participants will complete supervised sessions three times per week and will be compared with an education-only group. The intervention group will participate in supervised, real-time sessions via a video-conferencing platform, three times per week for 12 weeks. Exercises combine isometric and dynamic core stability tasks, progressing in difficulty over time. Dynamic postural control will be assessed using the lower quarter Y-Balance Test (YBT-LQ), while trunk endurance will be measured using the flexor endurance, extensor endurance, and side bridge tests.
Interventions
- Other online core stability exercise group
The intervention group participated in supervised, real-time sessions via a video-conferencing platform, three times per week for 12 weeks. - Other an education-only control group
Participants in the control group received standard postpartum education delivered online once every two weeks over the 12-week period.
Primary outcome measures
- Dynamic Postural Control [Time frame: 12 weeks]
- Trunk endurance [Time frame: 12 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- singleton pregnancy;
- medically uncomplicated delivery;
- clearance from a healthcare provider to participate in low- to moderate-intensity exercise;
- self-reported difficulties with trunk endurance, balance, or early fatigue during daily activities.
Exclusion criteria
- unresolved obstetric complications;
- severe pelvic floor dysfunction requiring specialized medical management; (3) neurological or musculoskeletal conditions affecting balance
(4) participation in structured core training more than once per week during the previous three months.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Publications
- Thabet, A.A.; Alshehri, M.A. Efficacy of deep core stability exercise program in postpartum women with diastasis recti abdominis: A randomised controlled trial. J. Musculoskelet. Neuronal Interact. 2019, 19, 62. 34. Stuge, B.; Lærum, E.; Kirkesola, G.; Vøllestad, N. The efficacy of a treatment program focusing on specific stabilizing exercises for pelvic girdle pain after pregnancy: A randomized c
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07560774 · RHPT/026/003