산욕기 테라피가 고령 산모의 신체조성과 골반 형태 변화에 미치는 영향

This study investigated the characteristics of advanced maternal age and to examine the effects of postpartum therapy on body composition and change of the morphologic pelvis. Postpartum therapy was applied to advanced maternal age with low back pain, 90 minutes twice a week for 6 weeks. The data were collected using body composition, pelvic measuring instrument, and pelvic X-ray and data were analyzed using the SPSS 22.0 program. As a result, there were significant differences in weight, body fat mass, body fat percentage, pelvic balance, sacral breadth (SB), transverse diameter of pelvic inlet (TD), and width of symphysis pubis (WSP) following postpartum therapy (weight p<.05; body fat mass, body fat percentage p<.01, pelvic balance p<.001, SB, TD p<.001, WSP p<.01). It was confirmed that postpartum therapy has a positive effect on postpartum physical recovery in advanced maternal age. Based on these results, if the postpartum therapy program is used as a part of postpartum care, it can contribute to rapid physical recovery and preventive health management for women who give birth.