Effectiveness of pelvic girdle exercise on pelvic girdle pain and specific activities among primigravida mothers attending antenatal OPD at selected hospitals, Salem

Pregnancy is a precious period and memorable moment for every woman who faces physical, physiological and psychological changes resulting some sorts of ailment.. One among that is Pelvic Girdle Pain. Women with Pelvic Girdle Pain or symphysis pubis dysfunction during pregnancy has functional difficulties that significantly affecting quality of life

Assess the Effectiveness of Pelvic Girdle Exercise on Pelvic Girdle Pain and Specific Activities among Primigravida Mothers

Quasi experimental research design (pre-test and post-test control group design)

Sri Gokulam Hospital, Salem and Salem Poly Clinic Hospital.

60 primi gravida mothers (30 in experimental group and 30 in control group).

Modified Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire and Patient Specific Functional Scale. descriptive and Inferential statistics were used.

In pre-test score in experimental group, 66% of mothers had moderate pain whereas in post-test I & II (66% & 97%) of mothers had mild pain respectively. In pre-test the experimental group mothers had mean specific activities score of 3.02 ± 1.15 whereas in post-test I & II the mean score was 4.36 ± 0.90 and 6.30 ± 0.78. Hence, it shows that there was reduction in Pelvic Girdle Pain and improvement in specific activities. Comparison of post test scores and ‘t’ value on Pelvic Girdle Pain and specific activities among experimental and control group shows that the mean score was 12.83 ± 5.33, 37.40 ± 12.46 and 6.30 ± 0.78, 3.38 ± 0.97 respectively. There was no significant association with demographic variables and negative correlation between post test scores of Pelvic Girdle Pain and specific activities among experimental group mothers.

Pelvic girdle exercise reduces Pelvic Girdle Pain and improves specific activities of the mother. This exercise is easy to follow, simple to do, has no risk and effective to reduce Pelvic Girdle Pain.