Effect of Pilates Exercises on Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Cairo University
- Where
- Egypt1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 60 people enrolled
- Started
- 1 Jul 2023
- Ended
- 28 Feb 2024
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- ( Traditional dietary advice )
- (Pilates exercises)
- Record updated
- 8 July 2024
Who can take part
- Age
- 20 years to 45 years
- Sex
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- They will be under medical supervision
- Age between 20 to 45 years.)
- Ability to perform exercises
- Diagnosis of IBS will be based on Rome IV Diagnostic criteria
- Baseline irritable bowel syndrome severity score >174
- over weight or grade one obese IBS patients who diagnosed as constipation predominant IBS according to Bristol stool scale
Who cannot take part
- Treatment with steroids, immunosuppressants for at least 6 months before the beginning of the study
- Concurrent infectious enteritis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, or other diseases that may affect gastrointestinal transit or colonic function
- History or current evidence of abuse of drugs or alcohol within the previous year
- Concurrent serious cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal (excluding IBS)
- Organic gastrointestinal disorders or other organic disease hindering physical activity
- A history of resection of the stomach, small intestine, or large intestine
- Malignant tumors
- Fibromyalgia and pregnancy -
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
purpose: to investigate the effect of pilates exercises on patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Methods sixty patients with IBS will be recruited and randomly assigned into two groups, group A and group B. Patients in both groups will receive a traditional dietary advice for IBS, but group A will receive additional pilates exercises. All patients will be evaluated pre and post treatment for irritable bowel syndrome symptom severity, number of bowel movements , anxiety and depression , Fatigue and body weight.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Group ( Traditional dietary advice)Other group
Each patient will follow traditional dietary advice only for 2 months.
Treatment: ( Traditional dietary advice )
- Group (Pilates and traditional dietary advice )Treatment being tested
Patients in this group will participate in 2 months Pilates exercise program, 2 times per week for 16 sessions, and will follow traditional dietary advice. Warming up and cooling down stretches for 5 minutes will be done before and after exercise .
Treatment: ( Traditional dietary advice ) and (Pilates exercises)
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effect of Pilates Exercises on Symptom Severity in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Record updated
- 8 July 2024