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

May 6, 2024 updated by: Riphah International University

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

44

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Pakistan
    • Punjab
      • Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 53700
        • Pakistan sports board

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

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 Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: core strengthening exercise
Patients in Group A will receive core strengthening exercises along with the warm up exercises (lumbar stretches). CSE will constitute of abdominal hollowing, Side Bridge, supine extension bridge, straight leg rise from prone, alternate arm and leg raise from quadruped, and prone bridge. Total treatment will be of 60 mins with thrice a week for 6 weeks.
Other: core strengthening exercise
CSE will constitute of abdominal hollowing, Side Bridge, supine extension bridge, straight leg rise from prone, alternate arm and leg raise from quadruped, and prone bridge
Experimental: Pilates exercise
Patients in Group B will receive Pilates exercises along with warm up exercises which includes hundreds, one leg stretch, shoulder bridge, hip twist, scissors, side kicks. Total treatment will be of 60 mins with thrice a week for 6 weeks.
Other: Pilates exercise
Pilates includes hundreds, one leg stretch, shoulder bridge, hip twist, scissors, side kicks

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Posture
Time Frame: pre 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
pre and 6 weeks post interventional
Body Awareness
Time Frame: pre and 6 weeks post interventional
Body Awareness Questionnaire will be used to measure the body awareness of female athlete
pre and 6 weeks post interventional
Fatigue
Time Frame: pre 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
pre and 6 weeks post interventional

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Riphah International University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Eiza Shamshad, DPT, Study Principal Investigator

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 20, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 20, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

February 20, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 25, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 25, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

January 9, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 7, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 6, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • REC/RCR&AHS/23/0436

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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