Edema
Conditions
Interventions
The hidden allocation process will be carried out by researcher 1, who will carry out the allocation and will be responsible for maintaining the allocation secrecy for the evaluator (researcher 2). As
the association group (GA), which will receive lymphatic drainage and taping
and control group (CG), which will be submitted only to manual lymphatic drainage in the lower limbs. The hidden allocation process will be carried out using sequential, numbered, opaque and sealed en
E07.101.036
Sponsors
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 34 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Pregnant women at usual risk (normotensive, without cardiac or vascular pathologies, pulmonary, without high cholesterol levels, gestational diabetes or renal failure); age group between 18 and 34 years; being between the twenty-seventh and thirty-eighth week of gestation; edema in the lower limbs
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Present skin lesions in the area of the lower limbs that make manual lymphatic drainage or taping application impossible; not attending sessions; not complete the assessment procedures
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to find a decrease in edema evaluated by volumetry after taping application and the association of taping with manual lymphatic drainage. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to find a decrease in pain assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale after taping application and the association of taping with manual lymphatic drainage.;It is expected to find a decrease in fatigue assessed by the Fatigue Assessment Scale after taping application and the association of taping with manual lymphatic drainage. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactFrancielly dos Santos
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Outcome results
None listed