NCT06471725

Effectiveness of Adding Pilates Exercises to Sports Hernia Rehabilitation:a Comparative Clinical Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 94 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study recruited male sports hernias patients referred for physical therapy by an orthopedist or general practitioner from Damietta General Hospital. Participants had to be between 18 and 45 years old, have had sports hernia for two to ten weeks, and be willing and able to attend and stick to the Pilates exercise program for the trial's entire duration

Detailed description

The study recruited male sports hernias patients referred for physical therapy by an orthopedist or general practitioner from Damietta General Hospital. Participants had to be between 18 and 45 years old, have had sports hernias for two to ten weeks, and be willing and able to attend and stick to the Pilates exercise program for the entire trial. Exclusion criteria were applied to patients with preexisting injuries or conditions that could affect Pilates exercise participation and those with contraindications or exacerbating conditions from such exercises. Further criteria were currently participating in other intensive exercise or rehabilitation programs and inability to give informed consent due to cognitive or communicative issues

Conditions

• Pilates Exercises
• Sports Hernia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	combination of pilates exercises, Low-level laser therapy, and low-intensity ultrasound	The core and hip muscles will be targeted through a customized workout program consisting of exercises such as Breathing, Planks, Side- Planks, Weighted lunges, Glute Bridge, Clamshell, Half-Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch, Swan dive, Roll down, Ab curls, and Shoulder bridge, Low-intensity Ultrasound , and low level laser therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-19
• Primary completion: 2024-09-20
• Completion: 2024-09-30
• First posted: 2024-06-24
• Last updated: 2024-06-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt