Effect of Capacitive and Resistive Radiofrequency on Postpartum Diastasis Recti
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: abdominal belt, TECAR therapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Diastasis Recti Abdominis (DRA), Radiofrequency. Basic parameters: 20 years — 35 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
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Overview
To evaluate the effect of capacitive and resistive radiofrequency on postpartum rectus abdominis diastasis.
Detailed description
Eighty females postpartum with rectus diastasis will be included in this study; they will be recruited the outpatient clinic at El Mahalla Al Kobra (The first author's pervious workplace) and will be referred by obstetric and genecology physicians. Patients will be assigned into two groups.
Group A: It will include 40 patients participating in abdominal belt. Group B: It will include 40 patients participating in abdominal belt plus TECAR therapy.
Interventions
- Device abdominal belt
40 postpartum women will only wear abdominal belt for 14 weeks. - Device TECAR therapy
will wear the same abdominal belt for 6 weeks then participating in TECAR therapy 3 sessions /week for 8 weeks.
Primary outcome measures
- Ultrasound [Time frame: 14 week]
- trunk flexors strength and endurance [Time frame: 14 week]
- Assessment of functional status [Time frame: 14 week]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 1\. Postpartum women (7 days after delivery) having diastasis recti (separation between the two recti more than 2.5cm at the level of umbilicus).
2\. Multiparous women (2-3) times delivered vaginally with or without episiotomy.
3\. Their age will be ranged from 20 -35 years old. 4. Their BMI will be less than 30 kg/cm2.
Exclusion criteria
- Any participant will be excluded if she meets one or more of the following criteria:
Postpartum women will be excluded from the study if they have:
- Abdominal or back surgery.
- Abdominal hernia.
- History of abnormal pregnancy, uterine fibroid or polyhydramnios during pregnancy.
- Neurological disorders as multiple sclerosis, stroke and spinal lesion.
- Musculoskeletal diseases such as fractures muscle strains, severe knee osteoarthritis which may affect their physical activity.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06909448 · radiofrequency on diastasis