This clinical trial aims to find out whether stone needles therapy can effectively assist in the treatment of maternal diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA) based on the Belt channel theory, it will also validate whether the Ben-Tovim Walker body attitude questionnaire (BAQ) can be used as a tool to measure body image satisfaction in Chinese patients with postpartum DRA. The main questions it aims to answer are: Can stone needles therapy promote the recovery of maternal DRA? Whether the Chinese version of the Body attitude questionnaire (BAQ-C) can be used as a body image satisfaction measurement tool for patients with postpartum DRA. The researchers will add stone needles therapy to neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) and massage therapy to see if stone needles therapy can promote the recovery of postpartum DRA.
Participants will: Receive NMES combined with massage therapy or the addition of stone needles therapy on a sub-basis every day for 10 days. Abdominal circumference, inner rectus distance will be measured and recorded after each treatment Body imagery satisfaction, low back pain and dysfunction scores, anxiety, depression scores, and quality of life scores will be measured after all treatments are completed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
120
Stone needle therapy follows the Belt channel involves the use of stones by the intervener to follow the path of the Belt channel by pushing and rubbing the abdomen of patients with postpartum diastasis rectus abdominis.
YunNan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Kunming, Yunnan, China
RECRUITINGinter-recti distance
Bilateral rectus abdominis distance
Time frame: pre-intervention and after three stone needle therapies interventions
Abdominal circumference
Horizontal circumference of the abdomen via the iliac crest point.
Time frame: pre-intervention and after three stone needle therapies interventions
Body Image Satisfaction
Body image satisfaction refers to how a person perceives, thinks, or feels about his or her body.
Time frame: pre-intervention and after intervention
Low back pain Visual Analogue Scale
A 10 cm horizontal line is drawn on top of the paper, and the visual analogue scale (VAS) is used for the horizontal line. The line is 0mm at one end, which means 'no pain at all'; 10mm at the other end, which means 'extreme pain'; the pain level increases from 0mm to 10mm, with higher scores representing more intense pain.
Time frame: pre-intervention and after intervention
Oswestry Disability Index
The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is a widely used measure for assessing the function a limitations and disability associated with lower back pain. This index provides a standardized way to evaluate the impact of back pain on a person's daily activities and overall quality of life.
Time frame: pre-intervention and measured immediately after completion of all treatments
Self-Rating Anxiety Scale
It is a commonly used psychometric tool developed by the American psychologist Zung, and is a self-report scale used to assess an individual's level of anxiety.
Time frame: pre-intervention and measured immediately after completion of all treatments
Edinburgh postnatal depression scale
A standardized questionnaire to detect symptoms of depression in postnatal women.
Time frame: pre-intervention and measured immediately after completion of all treatments
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE
It is a tool used to assess people's quality of life, which helps to collect and analyse information about the individual's state of health, psychological functioning, social competence, etc.
Time frame: pre-intervention and measured immediately after completion of all treatments
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