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

Pregnancy Related Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Foot Exercises With and Without Hydrotherapy on Pedal Edema & Lower Extremity Function in Antenatal Women

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05777538
• Other study ID #: REC/RCR&AHS/23/0511
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Riphah International University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 44
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Edema
• Pregnancy Related

Intervention

Other:
• 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.
• 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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Sajida Khalil Hospital Gujrat	Gujrat	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Riphah International University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

References & Publications (4)

.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

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

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

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

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Figure of 8 Method	The figure of 8 method uses landmarks on the foot and ankle to measure the circumference of ankle in centimeters.; the point midway over the anterior ankle between the tibialis anterior tendon and lateral malleolus,; the navicular tuberosity,; the base of the fifth metatarsal, and; the inferior tip of the medial malleolus	8th week
Primary	Lower Extremity Functional Scale	The Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) is a questionnaire containing 20 questions about a person's ability to perform everyday tasks. The LEFS can be used to evaluate the functional status of lower limb	8th week