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

NCT ID: NCT05777538

Last Updated: 2024-03-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 44 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-10-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-08-01

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

Pregnancy Related

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Foot exercise with hydrotherapy

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

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

hydrotherapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

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.

foot exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

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.

Foot exercise

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

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

foot exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

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.

Interventions

hydrotherapy

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

foot exercises

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Riphah International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Hina gul, MSOMPT

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Riphah International University

Locations

Sajida Khalil Hospital Gujrat

Gujrat, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

References

.MACWAN KR, Savaliya PK. Effectiveness of Foot Exercise and Epsom Salt Water on Reduction of Foot Oedema among Antenatal Mothers. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research. 2021;15

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Talbot L, Maclennan K. Physiology of pregnancy. Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine. 2016;17(7):341-5

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Patola A, Tridiyawati F. The Effectiveness of Soaking the Feet in Salt Water to Reduce the Degree of Edema in Pregnant Women Trimester III. Jurnal Keperawatan Komprehensif (Comprehensive Nursing Journal). 2022;8

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Ahmed AH, Ismail NIAA, Hassan NMM. Effect of effleurage massage versus water immersion with exercise on physiological foot edema among primigravidae. Egypt J Health Care. 2021;12(2):56-345

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Other Identifiers

REC/RCR&AHS/23/0511

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id