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Core Strengthening vs Pilates Exercises on Posture, Body Awareness and Fatigue Among Female Athletes

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Exercise Movement Techniques
Posture
Muscle Strength
Athletes
Registration Number
NCT06196268
Lead Sponsor
Riphah International University
Brief Summary

The study is randomized and single-blinded. Ethical approval is taken from ethical committee of Riphah International University, Lahore. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated in group A \& B through sealed envelope method by Non-probability Convenient random sampling technique. Subjects in Group A will receive Core Strengthening exercises. Group B will receive Pilates exercises.

Detailed Description

The objective of the study is to determine the Effects of Core Strengthening and Pilates Exercises on Posture, Body Awareness, and Fatigue among Female Athletes. The study is randomized and single-blinded. Ethical approval is taken from ethical committee of Riphah International University, Lahore. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated in group A \& B through sealed envelope method by Non-probability Convenient random sampling technique. Subjects in Group A will receive Core Strengthening exercises. Group B will receive Pilates exercises. York posture rating chart, body awareness scale, and modified fatigue impact scale will be done at the baseline and after the completion of treatment at 6 weeks.

The data will be analyzed by SPSS, version 25. Statistical significance is P=0.05.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
44
Inclusion Criteria
  • Amateur female athletes 18-26 years of age,
  • Duration of playing at least 6 months to 1 year,
  • BMI <29 kg/m2, Core training not less than 4 weeks,
  • Females having no previous injury that could interfere with the study,
  • Females are not currently using nutritional supplements
Exclusion Criteria
  • Smoking,
  • sleeping medications,
  • complementary medicine use over the last six months,
  • Stressful events in the past three months,
  • presence of a physical or mental illness, or surgical history,
  • Presence of any neurological and vascular disease,
  • Participants having another exercise program which can affect the results,
  • Participants who are not able to participate in any regular exercise program.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Posturepre and 6 weeks post interventional

posture of the female athlete will be measured by New York posture rating chart for each of 13 body alignment segments

Body Awarenesspre and 6 weeks post interventional

Body Awareness Questionnaire will be used to measure the body awareness of female athlete

Fatiguepre and 6 weeks post interventional

Modified fatigue impact scale instrument provides an assessment of the effects of fatigue with scoring from 36 in 21 items

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pakistan sports board

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Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Pakistan sports board
🇵🇰Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

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