NCT02268110

The Effect of Conservative Interventions on the Signs and Symptoms of Diastasis Recti

The Effect of Exercise Therapy and/or Abdominal Binding on Inter-rectus Distance, Abdominal Muscle Strength, Lumbopelvic and Urogynecological Complaints, Perceived Function, and Body Image in Post-partum Women With Diastasis Recti

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Queen's University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of two different physiotherapeutic interventions (exercise therapy and/or abdominal binding) on the signs and symptoms of diastasis recti in post-partum women.

Detailed description

This study is investigating the effect of exercise therapy and/or abdominal binding on inter-rectus distance, abdominal muscle strength and endurance, lumbopelvic dysfunction, urogynecological complaints, perceived function, and body image in post-partum women with diastasis recti

Conditions

• Diastasis Recti And Weakness Of The Linea Alba

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise therapy	Supervised exercise therapy with a 12 week progressive abdominal exercise home program for
OTHER	Abdominal binding	Wearing an abdominal binder for 12 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2017-08-01
• Completion: 2018-05-01
• First posted: 2014-10-20
• Last updated: 2018-09-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada