NCT06057701

Effect of Exercises on Diaphragmatic Excursion in Postmenopausal Kyphotic Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

the present study examined the effect of different types of exercises for improving the age-related hyperkyphotic curve of postmenopausal women and also examined how it affects diaphragmatic excursion and respiratory function. Increasing the respiratory functions for elderly will act as a preventive method against nowadays chest diseases.

Detailed description

The study was conducted to examine the effect of exercises on diaphragmatic excursion in postmenopausal kyphotic women. Design of study: A prospective, randomized, single-blind, pre-post-test, controlled trial. The study followed the Guidelines of Declaration of Helsinki on the conduct of human research. Ethical approval was obtained from the institutional review board at Faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University before study commencement (no.P.T,REC/012/003800). This study was carried on forty postmenopausal women clinically diagnosed with thoracic kyphosis. They selected randomly from the outpatient clinic of El Kaser El-Einy University Hospital, Cairo University. Their ages ranged from 50-60 years. Randomization of sample selection was achieved using closed envelop way. Classification of the sample by simple random way into two groups equal in number, twenty for each group by using forty closed envelop, each twenty envelop contained a name of a group from the two groups (Group A) or (Group B) and asking each woman to choose one envelop from them, each woman attended to the group according the name of the group written in her envelop.

Conditions

• Kyphosis Postural Thoracic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	corrective exercises	corrective exercises: 1. Strengthening exercises : 1. Thoracic extension exercises: * Mckanzie's thoracic extension exercise: * Thoracic spine stretching position 2. Back extension exercise 3. Abdominal curl up exercise 4. Scapular retraction exercises 5. Trunk rotation exercise 2. Stretching exercises: 1. Pectoral muscles stretch from sitting 2. self-stretch for pectoral muscle infront of door
OTHER	resisted diaphragmatic breathing exercises	1. Diaphragmatic breathing exercise: From the supine position, overlapping hands on the diaphragm located in the abdominal region: each woman took deep inspiring by the nose and exhaling through the mouth with lips half-closed slowly. 2. Resisted diaphragmatic breathing exercise: From the supine position, with a weight of 1 kg on the diaphragm located in the abdominal region: each woman took deep inspiring by the nose and exhaling through the mouth with lips half-closed slowly

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-30
• Primary completion: 2023-12-30
• Completion: 2023-12-30
• First posted: 2023-09-28
• Last updated: 2024-01-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt