Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise for Paediatric Functional Constipation

Comparative Study on the Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises and Abdominal Muscle Training in Functional Constipation among Children

“…34 Moreover another study was conducted to evaluate pelvic floor muscle exercise for pediatric functional constipation and concluded that pelvic floor muscle exercise is an effective non-pharmacologic treatment for pediatric FC. 31 A single centered double-blind randomized clinical trial study conducted in iran concluded that pelvic floor muscle exercises along with interferential electrical stimulation was effective on functional constipation in children. 35 A two armed multi centere randomized controlled trial study was conducted and they concluded that standard medical care along with pelvic pelvic physiotherapy was effective on children with functional constipation.…”

“…Exercise duration was increased 5 min per week, for two consecutive weeks and remained the same for the next six weeks and Kegels performed with 10 seconds holds for 10 repetitions of each twice a day per week and progressively the hold time is increased by 10 seconds per week. 31 GROUP-B was treated with isometric training of the abdominal muscle training which was carried out in two ways. The patient was either lying down in a left lateral decubitus position with the hip and knee flexed at 90° or sitting or lying down.…”

“…Another study conducted in Iran revealed that Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise for Paediatric Functional Constipation with 40 samples and concluded that Pelvic floor muscle exercise is an effective non-pharmacologic treatment for Pediatric FC 38. In a Prospective clinical controlled study Diaphragmatic breathing exercises and pelvic floor retraining in children with dysfunctional voiding with 43 samples and concluded that Abdominal muscle and pelvic floor retraining is beneficial in the majority of children with DV for curing urinary incontinence, nocturnal enuresis, constipation and UTIs 39.…”

Efektivitas Latihan Otot Dasar Panggul dalam Mencegah Konstipasi Pasien Stroke Non Hemoragik

“…Ukuran feses besar dan adanya hambatan sebelum latihan yaitu 50%, setelah latihan menurun menjadi 2,5%, p-value <0,05. 14 Konstipasi menimbulkan rasa tidak nyaman meliputi keluhan perut terasa kembung, rasa sakit, adanya tekanan di perut, mengejan saat defekasi, serta ketidaknyamanan abdomen. 11,15 Mencegah rasa tidak nyaman akibat konstipasi, diperlukan peran perawat dalam memberikan intervensi keperawatan.…”

“…Hal ini membuktikan bahwa ada perbedaan antara kejadian konstipasi pada kelompok intervensi dan kontrol. Hasil penelitian ini sejalan dengan penelitian yang di lakukan Farahman (2015), 14 di mana ditemukan perubahan frekuansi buang air besar pada minggu terakhir, dari 36 subjek konstipasi, 90% melaporkan mengalami penurunan tanda dan gejala konstipasi. Tanda dan gejala konstipasi yang mengalami perubahan yaitu, frekuensi buang air besar kurang dari 3 kali per minggu, sebelum latihan 39 %, setelah latihan 5 % p-value < 0,01.…”