Efficiency of Abdominal Corset and Core Stabilization Exercises in the Treatment of Postpartum Diastasis Recti Abdominis

Comparison of the Efficiency of Abdominal Corset and Core Stabilization Exercises in the Treatment of Postpartum Diastasis Recti Abdominis

Participants will be randomly divided into three groups as core stabilization group, combination of core stabilization and corset group and only corset group.

30 volunteer women who were diagnosed with diastasis recti abdominis by an obstetrician in Çamlıca Medipol Hospital, aged between 18-35 and met the inclusion criteria will be included in the study. Participants will be randomly divided into three groups. Participants in the first group will do core stabilization exercises for the transversus abdominis muscle 3 days a week for 8 weeks with 10 repetitions. In the second group, in addition to the first group, core stabilization exercises will be performed by wearing an abdominal corset. Participants included in the third group will be asked to wear only this corset all day (except for the bathroom) for 8 weeks. Anthropometric measurements, ultrasonographic evaluation, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, abdominal muscle strength and endurance, Oswestry Disability Index will be evaluated as pretest and posttest.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being between the ages of 20-35,
• Having a normal birth,
• Being at least 6 weeks postpartum when DRA is diagnosed,
• Absence of any musculoskeletal or neurological problems,
• Volunteering to do the exercises

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cesarean delivery,
• Edinburgh Postnatal Depression questionnaire result being >13,
• Having a systemic disorder