cesarean section
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The volunteers must present between 8 and 12 hours of postpartum cesarean section; having pain on the numerical pain scale = 3 in the region of the cesarean incision7; without clinical or obstetric intercurrences; no infectious process; they should receive the same drug treatment (anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs) with the same intake interval; postpartum woman with communication and expression difficulties to answer the evaluation questions; not presenting disorders and/or neurological alterations; not presenting musculoskeletal disorders and/or alterations; not being sedentary in the evaluation with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Women who give up performing the intervention with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation - TENS; women who give up performing the intervention with the Low Intensity Laser - LBI; volunteers who give up performing the 2 (two) minute walk test during the collection period; volunteers who present clinical and obstetric instability during the collection period
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected that the volunteer submitted to the intervention, when compared to the control group, will present better functional performance and alteration in the values ??of the cardio-respiratory physiological variables evaluated through the Global Perception of Change Scale (PGIS) with a score of 7 (much better), Measure of Independence Functional (MIF) with a score of 1 (incomplete independence), 2-minute walk test with increased distance walked, improvement in respiratory rate, Borg scale, heart rate, pulse oximetry and systemic blood pressure. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are not expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Departamento de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte