Misha Ansar, Maria Liaqat, Muhammad Umar, Raheela Kanwal.
Prevalence of diastasis recti among pregnant females presenting at holy family hospital rawalpindi.
Int J Rehab Sci Jan ;03(01):26-31.
Objective: a descriptive study was conducted to find the frequency of diastasis recti in pregnant female presenting at gynae OPD at Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi Material & Method: Cross sectional survey was conducted at Gynae OPD Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi from November 2012 to April 2013. 100 subjects were tested manually by the primary author. Diastasis was classified as present or absent according to Noble's criteria. Noble's criteria are based on the normal anatomical arrangement of the rectus abdominis muscle bellies lying about 2 cm, or about two fingertips' width, apart above the arcuate line and slightly closer below it. Results: In the study population out of 100 females. 64 females had diastasis rectii and it was absent in 36 females, 42(65.6%) of the cases of diastasis rectii abdominis were located at the umbilicus, in 3(4.7%) were located above the umbilicus at xiphisternum level, 1 (1.5%) were located below the umblicus,13(20.4%) have diastasis rectii present at both xiphisternum and umlicus level,1(1.5%) have at xiphisternum& below umbilicus and 4(6.3%) have at all the three levels Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that diastasis rectii is prevalent among pregnant females during third trimester and also the incidence increases with increasing gravida.
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