Effect of Ball Stability Exercises on Low Back Pain during Pregnancy
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Effect of Ball Stability Exercises on Low Back Pain during Pregnancy, MOHAMED A. AWAD, MARWA A. MOHAMED, ABD EL-HAMID A. ATTA ALLAH and CHRISTINE B. HENNEN
Abstract
Aim of Work: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of stability ball exercises on low back pain during pregnancy. Forty primigrvida and multigravida women com-plaining from low back pain selected randomly from outpatient clinic of Port Said General Hospital in Port Said.
Material and Methods: The study was conducted from December 2014 to March 2016. Their ages ranged from 25 to 35 years old and their body mass index was not exceeding 32kg/m2. All women were on second trimester of pregnancy. They were divided into two groups equal in number, Group (A) treated by receiving antenatal routine; vitamin supplemen-tations, instructions about back care during pregnancy, as well as using pelvic belt to support pelvic joints and Group (B) treated by the same treatment in group A in addition to ball stability exercises day after day for six weeks.
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to measure pain intensity and pregnancy mobility index was used to assess functional disability for both Groups (A & B) before and after treatment.
Results: The results of this study indicated that there was highly statistically significant decrease in low back pain intensity, daily mobility in the house and mobility outdoor in Group B than Group A after six weeks of treatment.
Conclusion: Accordingly, it could be concluded that the performance of the ball stability exercises with receiving instructions about back care and wearing pelvic belt were more effective in reducing low back pain intensity and func-tional disability than receiving instructions about back care with wearing pelvic belt support only on pregnant women.