The effect of massage therapy, hydrotherapy and raised legs on foot edema in pregnancy by self-care method
- Conditions
- Physiological pitting edema in pregnancy.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20220302054163N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 140
1. Pregnancy is primiparous
2. The age range is 20 to 35 years
3. Be a single pregnancy
4. Pregnancy is not the result of ART
5. The gestational age is between 30 and 40 weeks
6. Has physiological edema of the foot (in the range of +2 and more)
7. The mother does not have gestational hypertension and preeclampsia
8. The mother does not have any known systemic diseases (such as heart disease, kidney disease, lung disease, diabetes, chronic hypertension and thrombophlebitis).
9. The mother should not have rope varicose veins in the foot area.
10. No lesions are visible at the site of massage and hydrotherapy
Do not take drugs that affect foot edema, such as furozamide, hydrochlorothiazide, acetazolamide and triamterene.
1. The onset of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia
2. Reluctance to participate in the study and non-cooperation of the research sample at any time of the study
3. termination of pregnancy and preterm delivery for any reason
4. Failure to intervene in more than one case
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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