Effects of Manual Lymphatic Drainage and Therapeutic Ultrasound on Breast Engorgement

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postpartum Complication

Treatments: Other: MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; Other: THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06303232

REC/RCR&AHS/23/0578

Details and patient eligibility

About

To find the combined effects of the manual lymphatic drainage with therapeutic ultrasound on breast engorgement, pain and self-efficacy in post - partum women.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Both primiparous or multiparous breastfeeding women
• BMI: ≤30-≥25 (14)
• Immediate puerperium with normal or C - section non-premature childbirth (19)
• Postnatal lactating mother with symptoms of breast engorgement

Exclusion criteria

• any breast infection, abscess, mastitis, breast cancer
• torn/bleeding or crack nipples
• any skin condition like dermatitis, psoriasis etc
• non-lactating mothers
• having heart pacemaker

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE

THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND