Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Postnatal Pelvic Girdle Pain

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Post Natal; Pelvic Pain; Laser Acupuncture

Treatments: Device: Laser acupuncture; Other: conventional pelvic floor exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06715111

Alaa-001234

Details and patient eligibility

About

this study was done to evaluate the effect of laser acupuncture on pelvic girdle pain postnatal females' patients.

Full description

Postnatal pelvic girdle pain might be addressed as a gynecologic challenge in the 21 century in women of all ages and it frequently occur simultaneously. Various forms of postnatal pelvic girdle pain were aggravated by moderate daily activities. Laser acupuncture is a therapeutic modality focuses on selected acupoints in a safe maneuver

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Fifty-four women suffering from postnatal pelvic girdle pain, clinically diagnosed by a gynecologist.
• Their ages were ranged from 20-45 years old.
• Their body mass index (BMI) was ranged from 25-29.9 kg/m2.
• They shouldn't have any musculoskeletal or neurological disorders.

Exclusion criteria

• Current pregnancy.
• Malignant condition
• History of acute infection
• Neurological problem
• Mental problem to prevent evaluation and cooperation.
• Having uncontrolled metabolic diseases like diabetes and thyroid disease.
• Athletic females.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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54 participants in 2 patient groups

laser acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

included twenty-seven participants whom have postnatal pelvic girdle pain received laser acupuncture over specific acupoints, plus conventional pelvic floor exercises; 30minutes, 3 times/week for consecutive 12 sessions for four weeks

Treatment:

Other: conventional pelvic floor exercise

Device: Laser acupuncture

conventional pelvic floor exercises

Active Comparator group

Description:

included twenty-seven participants whom have postnatal pelvic girdle pain received conventional pelvic floor exercises; 30minutes, 3 sessions per week consecutive 12 sessions for four weeks

Treatment:

Other: conventional pelvic floor exercise