Effects of Foot Exercises and Hydrotherapy on Pedal Edema & Lower Extremity Function

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy Related

Treatments: Other: foot exercises; Other: hydrotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05777538

REC/RCR&AHS/23/0511

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the Effects of foot exercises with and without hydrotherapy on pedal Edema & lower extremity function in antenatal women.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Normal singleton pregnancy
• Gestational age 30-40 weeks
• Pitting edema in feet

Exclusion criteria

• presence of any under lying disease e.g.

  • Diabetes,
  • Hypertension,
  • High risk pregnancy
  • Any wound or skin lesion

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Foot exercise with hydrotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

Hydrotherapy will be performed by immersing the women's foot in a container filled with 3 liters water with a temperature of 30-32°C. The water level must cover the women's feet up to ankle. During the immersion the therapist will ask the women to perform exercise with legs being fully supported, then alternatively stretch and flex the ankle for 30 times. which will be followed by circling each foot at ankle in clock wise and anticlock wise direction, 30 times each. The duration of water immersion session will be (30 min) for 5 consecutive days

Treatment:

Other: hydrotherapy

Other: foot exercises

Foot exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

The therapist will ask the women to perform exercise with legs being fully supported, then alternatively stretch and flex the ankle for 30 times. which will be followed by circling each foot at ankle in clock wise and anticlock wise direction, 30 times each

Treatment:

Other: foot exercises