Effect of New Specialized Technique Using Effleurage Massage on Striae Gravidarum

NCT ID: NCT07265440

Last Updated: 2025-12-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 42 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-10-09
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-30

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if our new specialized technique using effleurage massage works to prevent striae gravidarum in primigravida. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Can our new specialized technique using effleurage massage prevent or even decrease the severity of striae gravidarum in primigravida ? What side effects may participants face when using our technique?

Participants will:

perform effleurage massage in transverse direction from medial to lateral only not back and forth, twice a day starting from the 17th week until the 28th week of pregnancy and three times a day starting from the 28th week of pregnancy for 10 minutes for each time until date of birth but from lateral to medial. It will be performed on the whole abdominal area extending from the diaphragm to the pupic area, also on both sides of the abdomen extending from the 12th rib to the iliac crest.

Detailed Description

This study will be conducted to investigate if our new specialized technique using effleurage massage can prevent or even decrease the severity of striae gravidarum in primigravida .

Participants will:

perform effleurage massage in transverse direction from medial to lateral only not back and forth, twice a day starting from the 17th week until the 28th week of pregnancy and three times a day starting from the 28th week of pregnancy for 10 minutes for each time until date of birth but from lateral to medial. It will be performed on the whole abdominal area extending from the diaphragm to the pupic area, also on both sides of the abdomen extending from the 12th rib to the iliac crest.

Conditions

Striae Gravidarum

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Efficacy of EM on SG

Each patient in this group will perform effleurage massage in transverse direction from medial to lateral only not back and forth, twice a day starting from the 17th week until the 28th week of pregnancy and three times a day starting from the 28th week of pregnancy for 10 minutes for each time until date of birth but from lateral to medial. It will be performed on the whole abdominal area extending from the diaphragm to the pupic area, also on both sides of the abdomen extending from the 12th rib to the iliac crest.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

New specialized technique using effleurage massage

Intervention Type: OTHER

effleurage massage was performed in transverse direction from medial to lateral only not back and forth, twice a day starting from the 17th week until the 28th week of pregnancy and three times a day starting from the 28th week of pregnancy for 10 minutes for each time until date of birth but from lateral to medial. It will be performed on the whole abdominal area extending from the diaphragm to the pupic area, also on both sides of the abdomen extending from the 12th rib to the iliac crest.

Efficacy of olive oil only on SG

They will apply olive oil only twice a day starting from the 17th week until the 28th week of pregnancy and three times a day starting from the 28th week of pregnancy until date of birth .

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

New specialized technique using effleurage massage

Intervention Type: OTHER

effleurage massage was performed in transverse direction from medial to lateral only not back and forth, twice a day starting from the 17th week until the 28th week of pregnancy and three times a day starting from the 28th week of pregnancy for 10 minutes for each time until date of birth but from lateral to medial. It will be performed on the whole abdominal area extending from the diaphragm to the pupic area, also on both sides of the abdomen extending from the 12th rib to the iliac crest.

Interventions

New specialized technique using effleurage massage

effleurage massage was performed in transverse direction from medial to lateral only not back and forth, twice a day starting from the 17th week until the 28th week of pregnancy and three times a day starting from the 28th week of pregnancy for 10 minutes for each time until date of birth but from lateral to medial. It will be performed on the whole abdominal area extending from the diaphragm to the pupic area, also on both sides of the abdomen extending from the 12th rib to the iliac crest.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• • All females will be primigravida.

• All females will be at the 17th week to the 20th week of gestation.
• Age of participants will range from 20-30 years.
• Their BMI will not exceed 28 kg/m.

Exclusion Criteria

• • Any dermal pathology.

• Psychiatric disorders.
• Skin tumor.
• Pregnant with more than one child.
• History or symptoms of premature birth.
• Placental abruption.
• History of abdominal surgeries.
• History of abdominal hernia.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Kafrelsheikh University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Eman Khaled Mohamed Fathelbab

Senior physical therapist in physical therapy for woman health Department, Sidi-Salem Hospital, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Outpatient Clinics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt

Kafr ash Shaykh, Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

KFSIRB200-764

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id