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

October 6 University30 enrolled

Overview

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

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

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Meralgia Paresthetica Femoral Neuropathy

Interventions

muscle energy techniqueOTHER

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.

conventional selected physical therapyOTHER

1. life style modification 2. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) 3. Flexibility stretching exercises to the hip flexors

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 25 YearsMax age: 40 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Thirty meralgia paraesthesia postpartum female Patients * with positive Pelvic compression test * age ranging from 25:40 years * post vaginal delivery or post-operative (postpartum) persistent dysthesia in anterolateral thigh (one side or both) * body mass index (20:29.9) Kg/m2 Exclusion Criteria: * difficulty to communicate or to understand program instructions * other conditions that caused pain (for example fibromyalgia and arthritis) * any psychiatric or cognitive symptoms any other musculoskeletal disorders or neurologic diseases of the lower extremities and spine

Locations (1)

Lama S Mahmoud

Al Jīzah, Select State, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Femoral nerve conduction latency

Femoral nerve conduction latency measured via the Neuropack S1 MEB9004 EMG device

Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Pelvic compression test

the therapist applied a downward compression force to the pelvis and maintained a pressure for 45 seconds. If the patients reported an alleviation of symptoms the test is considered positive

Time frame: four weeks

Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)

it includes 11-point numeric scale ranges from no pain with score of "0" to worst pain imaginable with score of "10"

Time frame: four weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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