None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy for relieving perineal pain from episiotomy aafter the normal birth. Was included in this study healthy women that felt perineal pain greater than or equal 3 in the VAS. The women were randomly distribute into three differents groups: 1. laser with wave length infrared; 2. red laser and, 3. the 'sham' group. The irradiation was applied to three different points of the episiotomy during 10 seconds in each point in one single session. The perineal pain was asked before and immediatly after the irradiation.
Interventions
Irradiation with low-level laser in healthy women after episiotomy feeling perineal pain. The irradiation were applied in one single session in the episiotomy in three different points during 10 seconds in each point, using the low level laser with different waves lengths and with the sames doses: 35mW and 8,8J/cm2.
Group one, using low-level laser with wave length infrared (780nm) and Group two using red light (660nm).
Sponsors
FAPESP - Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa de Sao Paulo.
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Healthy women with perineal pain grater or equal 3 in the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), with or without previous delivery, with singleton pregnancy, cephalic presentation, gestation greater than or equal to 37 weeks, the women did not receive medication analgesic in the last 6 hours, without hemorrhoids and without evidence of complications clinics.
Exclusion criteria
If the woman to use any another product in the perineal, different of water and soap.
Outcome results
None listed