Effectiveness of Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Lymphatic Diseases Clinical Trial

— IMLD  

Official title:

Effectiveness of Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage Versus Conventional Treatment in the Prevention of Perineal Trauma During Labor.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02960841
• Other study ID #: UEM_TRA_2011_01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: January 2012
• Est. completion date: January 2016

Study information

• Verified date: September 2019
• Source: Universidad Europea de Madrid
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage (IMLD) in the reduction of the perineal trauma and the symptoms of vaginal edema, the prevention of complications during the expulsive and the improvement in the postpartum recovery, compared to conventional treatment during the gestation, in women with the second partum. The weekly treatment is performed from the 25th gestational week in women with vulvar edema.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 49
• Est. completion date: January 2016
• Est. primary completion date: January 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• A sample of 49 second-trimester pregnant women with gestational edema with more than 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

• Primiparous women

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Lymphatic Diseases

Intervention

Other:
• Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage

• Conventional treatment

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad Europea de Madrid

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain intensity assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale		5 weeks