Comparison of effect of isometric exercises and pelvic tilt on the lumbar and pelvic pain in secondary trimester in primary gravida women

Comparison of effect of isometric exercisees and pelvic tilt on the lumbar and pelvic pain in secondary trimester of pregnancy

Clinical trial with a control group, with parallel, randomized groups with a sample size of 120 people

The researcher started to sample qualified people by referring to clinics in Bushehr during the study period. Then Each of the two test groups receive basic training individually in theory and practice by the trained individual. In the control group, only routine pregnancy cares is done. At the beginning of the study, Week 4 and Eighth Week, extent and severity of back and hip pain are measured.

Inclusion criteria: Primary gravida women, Age 18-35, 16-28 weeks of pregnancy, Visual Analog Scale(VAS) score of 20mm-70mm, Normal Body Mass Index(BMI), Not having a history of back pain before pregnancy, Not having a practice ban during pregnancy, Having reading and writing skills

Intervention group 1: Isometric exercises are performed in the supine position. Over the course of eight weeks, it is done five times per week and it involves the isometric contraction of the abdominal transverse muscles, the gluteal and the bottom of the pelvic, that each contraction is kept 5 seconds and 5 seconds rest with iteration 10 times. Intervention group 2: The tilt exercise is performed in the supine position.While the legs extend outwards and stomach muscles and lower pelvis and buttock are contract, they lift the joint from the ground. they hold the position for five seconds and then released.The exercises are performed twice a day and 5 days a week for eight weeks.Control group: In the control group, only routine pregnancy cares is done.

The severity of back pain; The severity of pelvic pain; Duration of back pain; Duration of pelvic pain

Permuted block randomization with a block size of 3 is used. Different permutations with the following sequence assigned to 1-6 include A=STUDY1, B=STUDY2, C=CONTROL, 1.ABC, 2.ACB, 3.BAC, 4.BCA, 5.CAB and 6.CBA. The numbers are now extracted from a table of random numbers in a way that 55 blocks of size 3 are selected one at a time and depending on the corresponding randomly-selected number between 1 and 6. Zero, seven, eight and nine are ignored if selected, and the procedure continues until the list is completed for the whole sample.