NCT04747119

Effect of MET on Meralgia Paraesthesia Postpartum "Muscle Energy Technique"

The Effect of Muscle Energy Technique on Femoral Meralgia Paraesthesia in Postpartum: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: October 6 University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 25 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To investigate the effect of muscle energy technique on Femoral meralgia paraesthesia in a postpartum female. BACKGROUND: meralgia paraesthesia is one of the serious disorders in the postpartum female which results in pain and less physical activities. ………HYPOTHESES: This study hypothesized that: muscle energy technique will have a significant effect on Femoral meralgia paraesthesia in postpartum female

Detailed description

Thirty meralgia paraesthesia postpartum females will participate in this study. The patients will randomly be divided into two equal groups; the control group received the conventional selected exercise program and the study group received the same exercise training program in addition to muscle energy technique, three times per week for four weeks. The evaluation methods by Femoral nerve conduction velocity will be measured via the Neuropack S1 MEB9004 EMG device before the exercise program and after finishing the exercise program, and also the Pelvic compression test and Pain numeric rating scale

Conditions

• Meralgia Paresthetica
• Femoral Neuropathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	muscle energy technique	the patient was supine and the therapist fix the lower limb of the affected side then ask the patient to perform isometric contraction for abductors maintained for 3-5 seconds, then the patient was instructed to stop, exhale and relax then the therapist perform further adducted the patient's knee of the affected side as a stretching exercise for Three to five repetitions of these directions were performed.
OTHER	conventional selected physical therapy	1. life style modification 2. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) 3. Flexibility stretching exercises to the hip flexors

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-01
• Primary completion: 2020-12-30
• Completion: 2021-01-30
• First posted: 2021-02-10
• Last updated: 2021-02-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt