Telehealth: Diaphragmatic vs. Pelvic Exercise in Postpartum Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age20-65
SponsorYI-JU TSAI
About this trial
The goal of this interventional study is to compare investigate the short-term and long-term effects of 8-week real-time telehealth-based diaphragmatic breathing exercise and pelvic stabilization exercise on pain, disability, and quality of life in postpartum women with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age between 20-65 years
Postpartum ≥ 3 months
Pain located in sacroiliac joints (i.e., pain located between the posterior iliac crest and gluteal fold)
Pregnancy-related cause of pelvic pain that pain occurs during pregnancy or after delivery (i.e., not traumatic or degenerative cause)
Disqualifiers
being pregnant or actively trying to get pregnant
having known causes of pelvic girdle pain, such as fractures and rheumatism
having undergone lumbar, pelvic, gynecologic or obstetric surgery
having current neurological symptoms and signs in lower extremities such as lumbar radiculopathy and myelopathy
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Diaphragmatic breathing retraining
Other intervention8 weeks diaphragmatic breathing training
Pelvic stabilization exercise
Other intervention8 weeks pelvic stabilization exercise training
pelvic anatomy education
Other interventionpelvic anatomy education
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Diaphragmatic breathing exercise groupExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: Pelvic stabilization exercise groupActive comparator 2 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Muscle function measures of lumbopelvic muscles
Ultrasonography image for muscle thickness of trunk and back muscles during rest and during active straight leg raise. Ultrasonography image for bladder displacement for pelvic floor muscles during rest,maximum contraction and during active straight leg raise
Time frame
Change from baseline to 8 weeks2
Diaphragm thickness
Ultrasonography image for diaphragm thickness during maximum inspiration and expiration (B mode)
Time frame
Change from baseline to 8 weeks3
Diaphragm mobility
Ultrasonography image for mobility during maximum inspiration and expiration (M mode)
Time frame
Change from baseline to 8 weeks4
Diaphragm strength
Ultrasonography image for diaphragm strength during maximal sniff and expiration (M mode). The slope achieved (mm/sec) during the diaphragmatic excursion is used to calculate the velocity of the diaphragmatic contraction
Time frame
Change from baseline to 8 weeksSponsors and contacts
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YI-JU TSAI
Lead sponsor
National Cheng Kung University
Sponsor institution
Source ClinicalTrials.gov