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The Effects of Conservative Interventions for treating Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women: a Review with Meta-analysis
Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is a common occurrence in postpartum women, and it is unclear what types of nonsurgical interventions are most effective in preventing and/or reducing it. The aim of this review with meta-analysis was to investigate which conservative treatment approaches are the most...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9707186/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36466120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-022-01353-4 |
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author | Weingerl, Iva Kozinc, Žiga Šarabon, Nejc |
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description | Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is a common occurrence in postpartum women, and it is unclear what types of nonsurgical interventions are most effective in preventing and/or reducing it. The aim of this review with meta-analysis was to investigate which conservative treatment approaches are the most effective for the management of postpartum DRA. After a thorough search of the PubMed and Scopus databases, we reviewed 14 articles. The literature suggests that abdominal exercise programs are generally effective in treating DRA at various postpartum periods. There is preliminary but promising evidence of the efficacy of electrical stimulation in combination with exercise. In addition, abdominal kinesiotaping can be used in conjunction with other interventions. Limitations of previous research include (a) the use of different measurement methods (palpation, calipers, ultrasound) and sites, (b) the evaluation of treatment effects in different time periods, and (c) the use of a wider range of exercise combinations. Although abdominal exercise is a cornerstone of DRA treatment, the optimal exercise combination is currently unknown due to these limitations. |
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spelling | pubmed-97071862022-11-29 The Effects of Conservative Interventions for treating Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women: a Review with Meta-analysis Weingerl, Iva Kozinc, Žiga Šarabon, Nejc SN Compr Clin Med Review Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is a common occurrence in postpartum women, and it is unclear what types of nonsurgical interventions are most effective in preventing and/or reducing it. The aim of this review with meta-analysis was to investigate which conservative treatment approaches are the most effective for the management of postpartum DRA. After a thorough search of the PubMed and Scopus databases, we reviewed 14 articles. The literature suggests that abdominal exercise programs are generally effective in treating DRA at various postpartum periods. There is preliminary but promising evidence of the efficacy of electrical stimulation in combination with exercise. In addition, abdominal kinesiotaping can be used in conjunction with other interventions. Limitations of previous research include (a) the use of different measurement methods (palpation, calipers, ultrasound) and sites, (b) the evaluation of treatment effects in different time periods, and (c) the use of a wider range of exercise combinations. Although abdominal exercise is a cornerstone of DRA treatment, the optimal exercise combination is currently unknown due to these limitations. Springer International Publishing 2022-11-29 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9707186/ /pubmed/36466120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-022-01353-4 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Review Weingerl, Iva Kozinc, Žiga Šarabon, Nejc The Effects of Conservative Interventions for treating Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women: a Review with Meta-analysis |
title | The Effects of Conservative Interventions for treating Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women: a Review with Meta-analysis |
title_full | The Effects of Conservative Interventions for treating Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women: a Review with Meta-analysis |
title_fullStr | The Effects of Conservative Interventions for treating Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women: a Review with Meta-analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effects of Conservative Interventions for treating Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women: a Review with Meta-analysis |
title_short | The Effects of Conservative Interventions for treating Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women: a Review with Meta-analysis |
title_sort | effects of conservative interventions for treating diastasis recti abdominis in postpartum women: a review with meta-analysis |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9707186/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36466120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-022-01353-4 |
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