76
Participants
Start Date
December 1, 2024
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2025
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2025
Simple bed exercises
The participants will be asked to perform exercise by lying flat on bed in supine position with their eyes look towards to the ceiling of the ward and start focusing on deep breathing exercises with slow inhalations and exhalations. These exercises aim to achieve regular pattern of abdominal muscles and improve the coordination between breathing, abdominal muscle contractions and colonic propulsions. After one-minute deep-breathing exercises, intervention group participants will be asked to pull both knees towards chest in return and turning body from one side to another while lying on bed.
RECRUITING
United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong
OTHER