Naila Naseer, Mahwish Shamim.
Comparative Assessment of Symptoms between Exerciser and Non Exerciser Group in Post Delivery Patients.
Baqai J Health Sci Jan ;13(1):9-12.

Pregnancy related low back pain and urine incontinence is considered as an important health problem which may potentially leads to long-lasting pain and disability. These complications and others lead to abnormal posture and need physiotherapy management. This is an experimental study design to conduct and evaluate the comparative assessment of symptoms between exerciser and non-exerciser group in post-delivery patients. In this study of 30 women, 15 are in exerciser group of mean age 28.2, mean number of children 2.5, and 15 are in non-exerciser group of mean age 27.86, mean number of children 2.4, were examined for the symptoms that arise after delivery. Nine women had caesarean section and six women normal deliveries in the exerciser group and eleven women had caesarean section and seven normal deliveries in non-exerciser group. Women in exerciser group practiced kegal exercises, trunk exercises and lower limbs exercises, whereas the non-exerciser group did not take any physiotherapy. The main results showed urine incontinence, low back pain, change in limitations in activities and severity of main complains. Symptoms relieve after physiotherapy, in exerciser group nine women said “to some extent”, five women said “yes” and one woman said “no”. It was concluded that pelvic floor and trunk exercises were effective in the prevention and treatment of urine incontinence and low back pain. The practice of physiotherapy affects women throughout their life.

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