Effect of Virtual Reality in Abdominal Muscle Recovery After Cesarean Section

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cesarean Section Complications

Treatments: Other: active abdominal exercises; Device: Virtual reality Glasses

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07237776

REC/2111/MTI.PT/2409241

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cesarean section is mainly performed using regional anesthesia, without preoperative sedatives, to facilitate the mother's conscious birth experience, reduce the need for neonatal resuscitation, and promote skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth between the mother and newborn. The VR can be designed to be an interacting and emotionally engaging environment that can stimulate emotionally related hormones. In stressful situations as CS, VR can generate a relaxation state that improves the surgery outcomes.

Full description

The application of VR varies widely according to the purpose of its use. It is widely used for medical education, pain relief, posttraumatic stress, gait rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease patients, anxiety, and stress.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 25 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• female from 25 to 35 years
• post cesarean section

Exclusion criteria

• neurological problems
• musculoskeletal disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

virtual reality group

Experimental group

Description:

using virtual reality technology to perform abdominal muscle training 3 sessions per week for eight weeks

Treatment:

Device: Virtual reality Glasses

Active Abdominal exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

abdominal muscle training using Active Abdominal exercises 3 sessions per week for eight weeks.

Treatment:

Other: active abdominal exercises