Arati Mahishale
Institute of Physiotherapy,
Belgaum, Karnataka
India
Research Article
Effect of Therapeutic Ultrasound and Maternal Cooling Gel Pad for
Perineal Pain Following Vaginal Delivery with Episiotomy
Author(s): Arati Mahishale, Ashwini Chougala and Shobhana PattedArati Mahishale, Ashwini Chougala and Shobhana Patted
Background and objectives: About 70% of women suffer trauma with or without episiotomy to the perineum during vaginal delivery and this commonly causes pain and discomfort which may persist for months postpartum. The present study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic ultrasound and cooling maternal gel pads for perineal pain following vaginal delivery.
Materials and methods: After obtaining ethical clearance from Institutional Ethical Committee, 30 women who underwent vaginal delivery with episiotomy and complained of perineal pain were recruited and randomly allocated to control (n-15) and interventional group (n-15). A written informed consent was signed by all the participants. Physiotherapy intervention included therapeutic ultrasound, cooling maternal gel pad for experimental group and placebo therapeutic ultrasound fo.. View More»
