NCT07520409

Effects of Drawing in Maneuver and Resisted Ankle Dorsiflexion in Postpartum Diastasis Recti

Combine Effects of Drawing in Maneuver and Resisted Ankle Dorsiflexion on Pain, Inter-recti Distance, Strength and Quality of Life in Postpartum Diastasis Recti

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the combine effects of drawing in maneuver and resisted ankle dorsiflexion on pain, inter-recti distance, strength and quality of life in postpartum diastasis recti.

Detailed description

Randomized controlled research will assess how drawing-in maneuver and resisted ankle dorsiflexion together affect postpartum women with diastasis recti in terms of pain, inter-recti distance, abdominal strength, and quality of life. 20-40 years females from 6 weeks to 6 months to post-partum period will be included in this study and the data will be collected from Al Zahra Hospital, Ali medical center and Sharif Medical Complex. Two groups of 42 individuals will be randomly assigned to either the drawing-in maneuver alone (Group A, n = 21) or a combination of the drawing-in technique and resisted ankle dorsiflexion (Group B, n = 21). For six weeks, the intervention will be administered twice a week to both groups. Manual muscle testing for strength, caliper measurement for IRD, the SF-36 questionnaire for quality of life and the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) for pain will all be used in baseline and post-treatment evaluations. The data will be analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 25.

Conditions

• Diastasis Recti

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	DRAWING IN MANEUVER	Each contraction will be held for 10 seconds and repeated 10 times per session. This exercise will be performed two to three times per week for six weeks
OTHER	RESISTED ANKLE DORSIFLEXION	They will dorsiflex the ankle, pulling the toes toward the shin against the resistance, hold for 5-10 seconds, and then return to the starting position. Each leg will complete three sets of 10 repetitions, performed two to three times weekly

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-10-01
• Primary completion: 2026-05-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2026-04-09
• Last updated: 2026-04-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan