Efficacy of Percussion Massage Therapy Applied to the Lower Extremity on Pain, Edema in Pregnant Women

Medipol Health Group

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy Complications; Physiotherapy; Edema Leg

Treatments: Other: percussion massage therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06338254

E-10840098-772.02-5416

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aim is to examine the effect of percussion massage therapy applied to lower extremity on pain, edema, fatigue and quality of life in pregnant women.

Full description

Aim: This study aim is to examine the effect of percussion massage therapy applied to lower extremity on pain, edema, fatigue and quality of life in pregnant women.

Methods: Sixty pregnant women between 24 and 36 weeks of pregnancy were included in the study. Pregnant women were randomly divided into two groups: The percussion massage treatment (PMT) group and the control group. Pregnant women included in the PMT group received a total of 10 sessions of percussion massage therapy, applied to their bilateral medial gastrocnemius, lateral gastrocnemius, peronus longus and tibialis anterior muscles three times a week. No massage therapy was applied to the lower extremities of the pregnant women in the control group. Pain assessment with Visual analog scale (VAS), ankle, knee, and thigh circumference measurements with tape measure, fatigue level with Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), and quality of life assessment with Short Form- 36 (SF-36) were conducted.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• being pregnant between the ages of 18-40,
• being in the 24-36 weeks of pregnancy,
• not being at risk of pregnancy,
• being pregnant with a single baby,
• having complaints of pain or edema in the lower extremities,
• volunteering to participate in the study 3 days a week

Exclusion criteria

• multiple pregnancies,
• pregnant women with anemia,
• presence of circulatory problems,
• cardiovascular disease,
• chronic orthopedic disease,
• foot-related orthopedic and vascular disease.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

PMT Group

Experimental group

Description:

Pregnant women included in this group received a total of 12 sessions of percussion massage therapy, applied to their bilateral lower extremities for four weeks.

Treatment:

Other: percussion massage therapy

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No massage therapy was applied to the lower extremities of the pregnant women in this group.