Effect of core stability exercises in treatment of post partum diastasis recti / Wesam Samy Elsayed Elmokadem ; Supervised Soheir Mahmoud Elkosery , Mohamed Fawzy Mohamed , Marwa Abdelrahman Mohamed

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of of Physical Therapy for Gynecology and Obestetrics

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of core stability exercises in the treatment of post partum diastasis recti. This study was carried out on 40 multiparous women who had given birth two or three times. All had a bulged abdomen associated with diastasis recti between 2.5 cm and less than 4 cm after 2 months of normal vaginal delivery. Their age ranged from 22-35 years old and their BMI < 30 kg/m2.The subjects were assigned into two equal groups (A, B).Group (A):which consisted of 20 post partum women who received a treatment program of Kinesio taping of the rectus abdominis muscles for three days then one day off and then another three days each week in addition to perform core stability exercises for 30 min per session, 3 times per week for 8 weeks.Group (B): which consisted of 20 post partum women who received a treatment program of Kinesio taping for the rectus abdominis muscles only for three days then one day off and then another three days each week for 8 weeks.Inter-recti distance was measured by Electronic digital caliper. abdominal muscles strength (Peak torque, maximum repetition total work, average power) were measured by Isokinetic system.The obtained results showed ahighly significant reduction of inter-recti distance and a highly significant increase of abdominal muscles strength (Peak torque, maximum repetition total work, Average power) in group (A) than group (B). So, it was concluded that core stability exercises was a very effective modality in the treatment of post partum diastasis recti which occur to a lot of women at post partum period

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