NCT06727968

Adding a Combined Program of Therapeutic Exercise and Self-massage to the Conventional Approach of Compression Stockings and Preventive Measures in Chronic Venous Insufficiency.

Adding a Combined Program of Therapeutic Exercise and Self-massage to the Conventional Approach of Compression Stockings and Preventive Measures in Chronic Venous Insufficiency. a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the inclusion of a physiotherapy approach in primary care consultation prescribing exercises and teaching self-massage techniques would be well accepted by patients of chronic venous insufficiency and provide higher benefits in the self-management.

Detailed description

This study aimed at comparing the effects of conventional therapy approaches based on compression stocking and prevention measures with a combined program of these techniques added to therapeutic exercise and self-massage explained by a physiotherapist on on functionality, general physical activity and oedema of people with CVI. In this sense, a randomized controlled trial two armed group was designed.

Conditions

• Chronic Venous Insufficiency, CVI

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Compression Stocking	Wear the compression stockin at least 6-8 hours/day
PROCEDURE	Therapeutic exercise	Home-based exercise programm based on calf strengthening, mobility and stretching of lower limbs performed in standing, sitting, and laying position. Each exercise was performed 15-20 repetitions, 1 set, 3-4 days at week. In addition to these exercises, patients were instructed to walk, at least, 20 minutes at day.
PROCEDURE	Self-massage	Self-massage techniques alterne manual lymphatic drainage maneuvers with superficial techniques that follow the path of saphenous veins, their respective cayaids and the anastomotic system.
PROCEDURE	Prevention measures	General preventive recommendations, and they were explained to the patient by the primary care physician. Those recommendations were based on the reduction in risk factors described in the Guide of "Recommendations for the management of Chronic Venous Disease in Primary Care" published by Semergen and semFYC.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-01
• Primary completion: 2022-08-30
• Completion: 2022-08-30
• First posted: 2024-12-11
• Last updated: 2024-12-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain