| INTERVENTIONS |
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Intervention name
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Dose
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Duration
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Intervention description
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Group size
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Nature of control
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| Experimental Group |
Core Stabilization Exercise Group |
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three times per week for five weeks |
1)Abdominal bracing: 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions.
2) Bracing with heel slides: 4 seconds, for 20 repetitions.
3) Bracing with leg lift: 4 seconds, for 20 repetitions.
4) Bracing with bridging: 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions.
5) Bracing with bridging and leg lift: 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions.
6) Bracing with standing: 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions.
7) Quadruped arm lift with bracing (one upper limb flexed): 8 seconds, with one upper limb flexed, for 30 repetitions.
8) Quadruped leg lift with bracing (one lower limb is extended and lifted off the supporting surface): 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions
9) Quadruped alternate arm and leg lift with bracing: 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions
B) Infra red radiation to the lower back for 15 minutes |
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| Experimental Group |
COMBINED GROUP |
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three times per week for 5 weeks |
A) Flexibility exercises:
1) Flexion in lying: 5 seconds, for 20 repetitions.
2) Flexion in standing: 5 seconds, for 20 repetitions
3) Extension in lying: for 5 seconds, for 20 repetitions.
4) Extension in standing: 5 seconds, for 20 repetitions.
5) Left trunk rotation: 5 seconds, for 20 repetitions.
B) Aerobic exercise: participants will sit on the top of a stationary cycle ergometer (without resistance) and cycle for twenty minutes at 40% -60% heart rate reserve.
C) Muscle strength:
1) Traditional curl up: 20 repetition
2) Knee to chest: 20 repetitions
3) Bridging exercises: 20 repetition
4) Prone on hands: 20 repetition
5) Hip extension: 20 repetition
6) Trunk extension: 20 repetition
D) Infra red radiation to the lower back for 15 minutes |
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| Experimental Group |
CORE STABILIZATION PLUS COMBINED GROUP |
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Three times per week for five weeks |
A) CORE STABILITY
1) Abdominal bracing: 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions.
2) Bracing with heel slides: 4 seconds, for 20 repetitions.
3) Bracing with leg lift: 4 seconds, for 20 repetitions.
4) Bracing with bridging: 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions.
5) Bracing with bridging and leg lift: 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions.
7) Quadruped arm lift with bracing (one upper limb flexed): 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions.
8) Quadruped leg lift with bracing (one lower limb is extended and lifted off the supporting surface): 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions.
9) Quadruped alternate arm and leg lift with bracing (contra-lateral upper and lower limbs are extended alternately): 8 seconds, for 30 repetitions.
B) FLEXIBILITY
1)Flexion in lying: 5 seconds, for 20 repetitions.
2) Flexion in standing: 5 seconds, for 20 repetitions
3) Extension in lying: 5 seconds, for 20 repetitions.
4) Extension in standing: 5 seconds, for 20 repetitions.
5) Left trunk rotation: 5 seconds each for 20 repetitions.
6) Right trunk rotation: 5 seconds each for 20 repetitions.
C) Aerobics exercise: The participants will sit on the top of a stationary cycle ergometer (without resistance) and cycle for twenty minutes at 40% -60% heart rate reserve.
C) Muscle strength:
1) Traditional curl up: 20 repetitions.
2) Knee to chest: 20 repetitions.
3) Bridging exercises: 20 repetitions.
4) Prone on hands: 20 repetitions.
5) Hip extension: 20 repetitions.
6) Trunk extension: 20 repetitions.
D) Infra red radiation to the lower back for 15 minutes |
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| Control Group |
CONTROL |
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Five weeks |
INFRA-RED RADIATION (IRR) for 15 minutes only |
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Active-Treatment of Control Group |