Balance, Pulmonary Function, and Low Back Pain in Pregnant and Non-pregnant Women

Completed

• Conditions: Pregnancy Related
• Interventions: Other: Physical characteristic assessment

• Registration Number: NCT03467321
• Lead Sponsor: Seyda TOPRAK CELENAY

Brief Summary

The aims of this study were to investigate balance and pulmonary functions in pregnant and non-pregnant women and to determine their relationship with LBP.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-11-01
• Study Completion: 2017-12-29
• Status Verified: 2018-03
• Study First Submitted: 2018-03-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-03-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-03-09
• Study First Posted: 2018-03-16
• Last Update Posted: 2018-03-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

• pregnant women (in the second and third trimester), non-pregnant women, aged between 18 and 40 years, volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Having a high-risk pregnancy, preeclampsia, multiple pregnancies, gestational diabetes mellitus, hypertension, any physical disability, prior history of surgery related to spine or abdominal, spinal deformity, serious neurological, rheumatologic, cardiopulmonary or psychiatric diseases, malignancy, fracture history, or those having any exercise program or sportive activity in the last 3 months for pregnant women
• Having any physical disability, spinal or abdominal surgery, spinal deformity, serious neurological, rheumatologic, cardiopulmonary or psychiatric diseases, malignancy, or fracture history, or those having any exercise program or sportive activity in the last 3 months for non-pregnant women

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pregnant group	Physical characteristic assessment	Balance with the one leg balance test with the eyes open and closed, pulmonary functions with a spirometer, and LBP with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) were assessed.
Non-pregnant group	Physical characteristic assessment	Balance with the one leg balance test with the eyes open and closed, pulmonary functions with a spirometer, and LBP with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) were assessed.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Balance	through study completion, an average of 6 months	Balance with the one leg balance test was assessed

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Low back pain	through study completion, an average of 6 months	Low back pain with the Visual Analogue Scale was assessed
Pulmonary function	through study completion, an average of 6 months	Pulmonary function with a spirometer was assessed

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey