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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12610000529044
ACTRN12610000529044
Recruiting
Not Applicable

A randomized, controlled trial of effects of low and high-frequency transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) in Post Episiotomy Pain Relief.

niversity of Pernambuco0 sites36 target enrollmentJune 30, 2010

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
niversity of Pernambuco
Enrollment
36
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
June 30, 2010
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
Female

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Pernambuco

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Low risk pregnancy primiparous, older than 15 years old, literate, understanding the Portuguese Language, aware of time and space, post\-natural childbirth, submitted to episiotomy with stitches, presenting pain in the episiotomy, and absence of any genitourinary pathology.

Exclusion Criteria

  • TENS counter\-indications as open wounds, presenting intolerance, irritation or great discomfort on the location where TENS was applied, puerperal relapse or recurrence (increased bleeding requiring intervention, phlogistic signs suggesting infection, fever, anesthesia complications, hypertension, mammary relapse or recurrences, morbid obesity (body weight 100 lb over the ideal weight).

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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