ymphatic Drainage and Taping in the treatment of edema in pregnant wome

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Edema; Pregnancy; C23.888

• Registration Number: RBR-4q3xpdt
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal da Paraíba

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-11-04
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023
• Study Completion: 2023-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Pregnant women at usual risk (normotensive, without cardiac or vascular pathologies, pulmonary, without high cholesterol levels, gestational diabetes or renal failure); age group between 18 and 34 years; being between the twenty-seventh and thirty-eighth week of gestation; edema in the lower limbs

Exclusion Criteria

Present skin lesions in the area of the lower limbs that make manual lymphatic drainage or taping application impossible; not attending sessions; not complete the assessment procedures

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
It is expected to find a decrease in edema evaluated by volumetry after taping application and the association of taping with manual lymphatic drainage.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
It is expected to find a decrease in pain assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale after taping application and the association of taping with manual lymphatic drainage.;It is expected to find a decrease in fatigue assessed by the Fatigue Assessment Scale after taping application and the association of taping with manual lymphatic drainage.