NCT06196268

Core Strengthening vs Pilates Exercises on Posture, Body Awareness and Fatigue Among Female Athletes

Effects of Core Strengthening and Pilates Exercises on Posture, Body Awareness, and Fatigue Among Female Athletes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 26 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study is randomized and single-blinded. Ethical approval is taken from ethical committee of Riphah International University, Lahore. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated in group A \& B through sealed envelope method by Non-probability Convenient random sampling technique. Subjects in Group A will receive Core Strengthening exercises. Group B will receive Pilates exercises.

Detailed description

The objective of the study is to determine the Effects of Core Strengthening and Pilates Exercises on Posture, Body Awareness, and Fatigue among Female Athletes. The study is randomized and single-blinded. Ethical approval is taken from ethical committee of Riphah International University, Lahore. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated in group A \& B through sealed envelope method by Non-probability Convenient random sampling technique. Subjects in Group A will receive Core Strengthening exercises. Group B will receive Pilates exercises. York posture rating chart, body awareness scale, and modified fatigue impact scale will be done at the baseline and after the completion of treatment at 6 weeks. The data will be analyzed by SPSS, version 25. Statistical significance is P=0.05.

Conditions

• Exercise Movement Techniques
• Muscle Strength
• Athletes
• Posture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	core strengthening exercise	CSE will constitute of abdominal hollowing, Side Bridge, supine extension bridge, straight leg rise from prone, alternate arm and leg raise from quadruped, and prone bridge
OTHER	Pilates exercise	Pilates includes hundreds, one leg stretch, shoulder bridge, hip twist, scissors, side kicks

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-20
• Primary completion: 2024-02-20
• Completion: 2024-02-20
• First posted: 2024-01-09
• Last updated: 2024-05-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan