Introduction: Episiotomy is the surgical enlargement of vaginal orifice by an incision on perineum during last part second stage labour or delivery. most common procedure experienced women. In near past there were many studies pointed out its disadvantages like more post-delivery pain, wound complications and dyspareunia. So, this study was done to compare use restrictive episiotomy routine in ...

Introduction: Neuropathic pain is a chronic pain that occurs as an injury to neuronal cells and abnormality in nervous and immune systems function. Also diabetic neuropathy diseases accompany with variety of pain syndromes such as allodynia and hyperalgesia. Thus, the aim of the present study was to investigate the chronic effects of incremental activity in the form of endurance training o...

conclusions kmc before and during heel lancing is a natural, easy to use, and cost-effective method to decrease pain in premature neonates. it is consistent with modern strategy of family-centered care in neonatal units. results the mean score of pain intensity during the intervention was significantly lower in the kmc position (p < 0/000). mean score of pain intensity at two minutes after inte...

introduction: many factors are related to the disability of subjects with chronic low back pain. fear-avoidance of injury and movement are the most important risk factors to increase the disability followed by decreased physical activity in these patients. the aim of current study was to compare the level of disability and fear-avoidance between two groups of low back pain patients with and wit...

Background: Episiotomy procedure enlarges the vaginal outlet to facilitate childbirth. Polyglactin 910 fast-absorbing sutures are widely used for repair of episiotomy because their rapid absorption and less inflammatory response. This study was designed subjective assessment perineal pain post-episiotomy repair, with Trusynth Fast® Vicryl Rapide<ns...

Background: One of the common socioeconomic problems of today’s world is back pain and its chronic type can cause severe pain and disability in patients. Aquatic exercise is one of the complementary therapies which are used in diseases treatments. Aim: To determine the effectiveness of aquatic exercise on pain intensity and disability of the patients with chronic low back pain. Methods: This ex...

Data was collected about the mother, the infant and the pregnancy in women who had an episiotomy performed at delivery, and those who did not, in one district hospital and two community hospitals. Factors predisposing mothers to episiotomy were sought and compared in the different hospitals. Traditional indications for episiotomy, such as a large baby and a small mother, were found to be less i...