The Efficacy of Effleurage Massage on Striae Gravidarum During Pregnancy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 42
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Reduction in Striae Gravidarum severity
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if our new specialized technique using effleurage massage works to prevent striae gravidarum in primigravida. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Can our new specialized technique using effleurage massage prevent or even decrease the severity of striae gravidarum in primigravida ? What side effects may participants face when using our technique?
Participants will:
perform effleurage massage in transverse direction from medial to lateral only not back and forth, twice a day starting from the 17th week until the 28th week of pregnancy and three times a day starting from the 28th week of pregnancy for 10 minutes for each time until date of birth but from lateral to medial. It will be performed on the whole abdominal area extending from the diaphragm to the pupic area, also on both sides of the abdomen extending from the 12th rib to the iliac crest.
详细描述
This study will be conducted to investigate if our new specialized technique using effleurage massage can prevent or even decrease the severity of striae gravidarum in primigravida .
Participants will:
perform effleurage massage in transverse direction from medial to lateral only not back and forth, twice a day starting from the 17th week until the 28th week of pregnancy and three times a day starting from the 28th week of pregnancy for 10 minutes for each time until date of birth but from lateral to medial. It will be performed on the whole abdominal area extending from the diaphragm to the pupic area, also on both sides of the abdomen extending from the 12th rib to the iliac crest.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 30 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •• All females will be primigravida.
- •All females will be at the 17th week to the 20th week of gestation.
- •Age of participants will range from 20-30 years.
- •Their BMI will not exceed 28 kg/m.
排除标准
- •• Any dermal pathology.
- •Psychiatric disorders.
- •Skin tumor.
- •Pregnant with more than one child.
- •History or symptoms of premature birth.
- •Placental abruption.
- •History of abdominal surgeries.
- •History of abdominal hernia.
结局指标
主要结局
Reduction in Striae Gravidarum severity
时间窗: At 21 weeks of gestation, 29 weeks of gestation ,and 39 weeks of gestation
Severity of striae gravidarum will be assessed using INA score at three time points during pregnancy to evaluate progression and response to the intervention
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Eman Khaled Mohamed Fathelbab
Senior physical therapist in physical therapy for woman health Department, Sidi-Salem Hospital, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
Kafrelsheikh University