Effect of Pilates exercises on postpartum maternal fatigue
| Autor: | Farzaneh Ashrafinia, Mandana Mirmohammadali, M Amelvalizadeh, Hamid Rajabi, K Sadeghniiat Haghighi, Anooshirvan Kazemnejad |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Treatment outcome MEDLINE Iran law.invention Young Adult Quality of life (healthcare) Physical medicine and rehabilitation Randomized controlled trial law Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Young adult Exercise reproductive and urinary physiology Fatigue business.industry Postpartum Period Exercise therapy General Medicine Puerperal Disorders Exercise Therapy Treatment Outcome Physical therapy Quality of Life Original Article Female business Postpartum period |
| Popis: | Postpartum fatigue is a pervasive phenomenon and often affects mothers immediately after delivery. The present study aimed to assess the effect Pilates home exercises had on postpartum maternal fatigue.A total of 80 women participated in our clinical trial study. The women were randomly divided into two groups - the intervention group (n = 40) and the control group (n = 40). In the intervention group, the women performed Pilates exercises five times a week (30 min per session) for eight consecutive weeks. The first session was conducted 72 hours after delivery. The control group did not receive any intervention. Each woman's level of fatigue was evaluated at hospital discharge (as a baseline), and at four and eight weeks after delivery, using the standard Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) questionnaire and repeated measures analysis.During the eight weeks of follow-up, we found that the intervention group had lower mean MFI-20 scores than the control group with regard to general fatigue (7.80 ± 2.07 vs. 12.72 ± 1.79; p0.001), physical fatigue (7.12 ± 1.41 vs. 10.42 ± 2.02; p0.001), reduced activity (6.95 ± 1.35 vs. 11.27 ± 1.70; p0.001), reduced motivation (6.20 ± 1.01 vs. 9.80 ± 2.04; p0.001) and mental fatigue (6.85 ± 1.45 vs. 10.72 ± 1.98; p0.001).The present study's findings show that physical exercise can significantly reduce postpartum maternal fatigue in all subscales. |
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