Telehealth: Diaphragmatic vs. Pelvic Exercise in Postpartum Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain

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Conditions studied: Postpartum, Pregnancy Related, Pelvic Girdle Pain

In brief

The goal of this interventional study is to compare investigate the short-term and long-term effects of 8-week real-time telehealth-based diaphragmatic breathing exercise and pelvic stabilization exercise on pain, disability, and quality of life in postpartum women with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06284278

Run by

YI-JU TSAI

People needed

60

Starts

2024-03-01

Expected to finish

2026-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-06

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 65. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age between 20-65 years
• Postpartum ≥ 3 months
• Pain located in sacroiliac joints (i.e., pain located between the posterior iliac crest and gluteal fold)
• Pregnancy-related cause of pelvic pain that pain occurs during pregnancy or after delivery (i.e., not traumatic or degenerative cause)
• At least 2 positive findings of 6 pain provocation tests for pelvic pain
• Score of Active Straight Leg Rise (ASLR) test > 0

You may not qualify if…

• being pregnant or actively trying to get pregnant
• having known causes of pelvic girdle pain, such as fractures and rheumatism
• having undergone lumbar, pelvic, gynecologic or obstetric surgery
• having current neurological symptoms and signs in lower extremities such as lumbar radiculopathy and myelopathy
• having cancer
• having cardiovascular disease
• being diagnosed as having a psychiatric disease
• active infection or infectious disease in the pelvis or abdomen
• having experience with structured and supervised core or trunk exercise training programs.

Where it is running

• National Cheng Kung University — Tainan, Taiwan, Taiwan (enrolling)

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