Biomechanical effects of birth ball exercises on reducing back pain in Pregnant Women

Study Program of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Abstract

Low Back Pain can appear in the posterior iliac crest area and the gulteus fold or around the waist. The incidence of low back pain in pregnant women is 50% to 90%, one third will experience severe pain that will affect the quality of life during pregnancy. Low back Pain is the most common cause of leave during pregnancy. Birth Ball Exercise is a non-pharmacological method that can reduce low back pain in pregnant women. This research aims to indicate effectiveness of Birth Ball Exercise on reducing Low back pain in the pregnancy phase by measuring the degree of pain before doing Birth ball exercise and measuring pain again after doing Birth ball exercise with a measuring tool used using NRS. Experimental with a quasi-experimental approach conducting pre- and post-test treatment of two groups design. The subjects of this study were pregnant women in their second and third trimesters aged 14-40 weeks with a sample size of 30 people who were randomly divided into two groups. The results birth ball exercise on reducing pain in low back pain in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.