INVESTIGATE THE SUITABILITY OF SINGLE SESSION CLINICAL PILATES EXERCISES AS A HOME PROGRAMME AND THE EFFECTS ON UMBLICAL BLOOD FLOW WITH DOPPLER ULTRASON IN PREGNANT WOMEN
Background: Researchesthatexaminetheeffect of exercisesdoneduringpregnancy on uterinebloodflow andofferresultswithobjectivecriteriaareseen. Intheliterature, thestudiesdone in thisareaaremoreabout aerobic exercise. Theremarkablepoint is that it is not addressedexercises as ahome program. It is observedthateveniftheexerciseslike yoga, pilates, ThaiChi aerobicthatare popular in recentyears is advisedwithexerciseforpregnantwomen, in thestudiesconducted in thisarea, it is wasseenthattheusability of theseexercisesmodels as homeprogram and theeffect of umbilicalbloodflowwere not examined.
Purpose: Inthisstudy, it wasaimedtoinvestigatethesuitability of clinical pilates homeexercise program forpregnantwomenand theeffect of umbilicalbloodflow.
Methods:Thestudyincluded 28 pregnantwomenbetween 24-32 weeks. Clinical Pilates exerciseswereimplementedtopregnantwomenfor 1 hour. Eachof theselectedexerciseswasrepeated 10 times. Before and afterClinical Pilates workoutsessions, pain, general well-beingstate, acutefatigueperception, stateanxietylevel andDoppler ultrasound and umbilicalsystolic/ diastolic (S / D), resistanceindex (RI), pulseindex(PI)valueswereexamined.
Results:Wilcoxon test wasusedtoanalyzethedata. Significantimprovementwasshownbefore and afterexercise.
Conclusion:At theend of study, it wasobservedthatsinglesessionexerciseaffectedtheumbilicalbloodflow, pain, fatigue general well-beingstate of pregnantwomen in a positiveway and it wasobservedthatappliedexercisesdidn’tcauseanxiety. Because of theirpositiveeffects, it wasconcludedthatclinical pilates exercises can be advised as home program.
Biography
AlimeBuyukGonen
Jine-FizyoWomen’sHealthClinic,Alanya-Turkey
Alime has completed her masterdegree in 2016 from Hacettepe Universitywhich is thebestbackround in Turkey. Shestarteddirectly her PhD at the Pamukkale University. She is one of thefounders AlanyaJine-FizyoWomen’sHealthPhysiotherapyClinic. She is workingwith Obstetricians and Gynecologists.She has threepapersmultiplecongress. She has a specialinterest in pelvicfloorphysiotheraphy, pregnancy and exercises. She is organizingWomen’sHealth Courses forPhysiotherapists in Turkey. SheaimsthatdeveleopingWomen’sHealthPhsiotheraphy in Turkey.