Effectiveness of Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage (IMLD)

European University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Lymphatic Diseases

Treatments: Other: Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage; Other: Conventional treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02960841

UEM_TRA_2011_01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage (IMLD) in the reduction of the perineal trauma and the symptoms of vaginal edema, the prevention of complications during the expulsive and the improvement in the postpartum recovery, compared to conventional treatment during the gestation, in women with the second partum. The weekly treatment is performed from the 25th gestational week in women with vulvar edema.

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A sample of 49 second-trimester pregnant women with gestational edema with more than 18 years of age

Exclusion criteria

• Primiparous women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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49 participants in 2 patient groups

Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Experimental group

Description:

Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage technique.

Treatment:

Other: Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Conventional treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional treatment active comparator

Treatment:

Other: Conventional treatment