Effect of a Preoperative Pulsed Electromagnetic Field and Abdominal Exercises on Muscle Strength Post Ventral Hernioplasty

Inclusion Criteria: * Being subjects of both genders. * Between the age of 25-40 years. * Diagnosed with a ventral hernia (Grade II \& III) based on surgeon assessment and desired an elective surgical repair. * Able to act in the abdominal training program. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a strangulated hernia. * Bowel obstruction, peritonitis or perforation. * Urgent surgery indication. * Less than one-year abdominal surgery. * Infection (local or systemic). * Orthopedic problem, or neurological impairment that interfere with patient ability to act in the abdominal training program. * Pregnant women.