Combined Effects of Dead Bug Exercise and Double Straight Leg Raises Versus Conventional Physical Therapy Exercise on Core Stability and Waist Circumference in Healthy Young Individuals

NCT07467044 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: UHS/USERC-26/SEC/101
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Increased sedantry lifestyle has caused a decrese in core stability. Moreover alongwith sedantry lifestyle unhealthy eating habits have also increased causing an increase in abdominal adiposity and waist circumference. The objective of conducting this research is to determine the combined effects of Dead Bug Exercise and Double Straight Leg Raises versus Conventional Physical Therapy Exercise on Core Stability and Waist Circumference in Healthy Young Individuals. The study design will be an assessor blinded parallel group Randomized Controlled Trial. This study is expected to serve the society by providing public an efficient exercise combination that has the capability to increase core stability and decrease waist circumference alongwith a promising component of safety.

Conditions

Abdominal Muscles Endurance; Abdominal Muscles Strength; Abdominal Muscles Flexibility; Waist Circumference

Keywords

Core stability; Abdominal muscles strength; Abdominal muscles endurance; Abdominal muscles flexibility; Waist Circumference; Abdominal adiposity; Dead Bug Exercise; Double Straight Leg Raises; Abdominal strengthning exercises; Abdominal stretches

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Abdominal Muscles Strength measured by Partial Curl-up Test (number of partial curl-ups performed in 60 seconds)

  Baseline at week 0 and post-intervention at the end of week 6

• Abdominal Muscles Endurance measured by Trunk Flexion Endurance Test (holding time of 60 degrees trunk flexion in seconds)

  Baseline at week 0 and post-intervention at the end of week 6

• Abdominal Muscles Flexibility measured by Core Flexibility Test (distance between C7 and S1 on spinal extension in centimeters)

  Baseline at week 0 and post-intervention at the end of week 6

• Waist Circumference measured by Tape Measurement Method (waist circumference measured in the midway between the illiac crest and lowermost rib in centimeters)

  Baseline at week 0 and post-intervention at the end of week 6

Study Arms (2)

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Abdominal stretches

Other: Abdominal stretches

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Combination of Dead Bug Exercise and Double Straight Leg Raises, Abdominal stretches

Other: Combination of Dead Bug Exercise and Double Straight Leg Raises; Other: Abdominal stretches

Interventions

Abdominal stretches OTHER

Abdominal stretches increase flexibility of abdominal musculature, improve posture and decrease core tension thereby producing overall improvement in general fitness of abdominal musculature.

Control; Intervention

Combination of Dead Bug Exercise and Double Straight Leg Raises OTHER

Dead Bug Exercise is a low intensity exercise that targets rectus abdominis, rectus oblique, erector spinae and multifidus. While Double Straight Leg Raises is a high intensity exercise that targets lower rectus abdominis and internal oblique. In this way a combination of these 2 exercises target entire abdominal musculature with greater emphasis on lower abs where accumulation of fat is greatest. Thus these two exercises complement each other in producing effect on core stability and waist circumference.

Also known as: Abdominal strengthning exercises, Core strengthning exercises, Combination of Dead Bug Exercise and Bilateral Straight Leg Raises

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Subjects having no prior history of exercise training and physical activity (apparently healthy untrained individuals)
• to 30 years old individuals
• Both males and females

You may not qualify if:

• Subjects currently taking part in any sort of training program or physical activity (trained individuals)
• Subjects having known neurological or cardiovascular conditions
• Subjects having known musculoskeletal system related disorders especially of lumber spine such as chronic or acute low backache

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Health Sciences Lahore: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Health Sciences Lahore

Lahore, Punjab Province, 54000, Pakistan

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principle Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 3, 2026
• First Posted: March 12, 2026
• Study Start: March 2, 2026
• Primary Completion: April 5, 2026
• Study Completion: April 19, 2026
• Last Updated: March 12, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)