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Abstract Background: Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain is a common complain of many women during late pregnancy and postpartum period that limit the women’s quality of life. Core stability exercises become a prevalent {uFB01}tness trend that has begun to be practiced in many rehabilitation programs.Objective: The main aim of this study was to assess the effect of core stability exercises on treatment of post-partum SIJ pain. Methods :Thirty women diagnosed with post-partum SIJ pain , their age ranged from (25-35)years, their BMI ranged from (25-30)kg/m²,and their number of parity ranged(2-4) times were selected randomly from outpatient clinic of Al-Ahrar teaching hospital . Women divided randomly into two equal groups ,group A (control group): 15 patients ,they were treated by TENS for 4 weeks 30 min\session,3 sessions \week .group B(study group):15 patient, they were treated by core stability exercises for 4 weeks, 40 min\session, 5 sessions \week plus TENS as for group A. All participant were evaluated by VAS, Oswestry disability index (ODI), serum cortisol levels before and after treatment |