Aim: This study aimed to assess the effects of prenatal Perineal Massage and Kegel exercise on the episiotomy rate. Subjects and Methods: Randomize controlled trial was carried out at Antenatal Outpatient Clinic and Labour and Delivery Ward at El Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt. This study comprised a random study sample of180 pregnant mothers out of randomized 225was recruited for this stu...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of low-frequency TENS (LFT) and high-frequency TENS (HFT) in post-episiotomy pain relief. METHOD A randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial with placebo composed of 33 puerperae with post-episiotomy pain. TENS was applied for 30 minutes to groups: HFT(100 Hz; 100 µs), LFT (5 Hz; 100 µs), and placebo (PT). Four electrodes were placed in parall...

One thousand women were allocated at random to one of two perineal management policies, both intended to minimise trauma during spontaneous vaginal delivery. In one the aim was to restrict episiotomy to fetal indications; in the other the operation was to be used more liberally to prevent perineal tears. The resultant episiotomy rates were 10% and 51% respectively. An intact perineum was more c...

BACKGROUND Some clinicians believe that routine episiotomy, a surgical cut of the vagina and perineum, will prevent serious tears during childbirth. On the other hand, an episiotomy guarantees perineal trauma and sutures. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects on mother and baby of a policy of selective episiotomy ('only if needed') compared with a policy of routine episiotomy ('part of routine man...

Women who had participated in a randomised controlled trial of policies of restricted (10%) versus liberal (51%) episiotomy during spontaneous vaginal delivery were recontacted by postal questionnaire three years after delivery. Altogether 674 out of 1000 responded, and there was no evidence of a differential response rate between the two trial groups. Similar numbers of women in the two groups...

background: little is known about the influence of habitual participation in physical exercise and diet on upper-extremity physical function in older adults. to assess the relationship of general physical exercise and diet to upper-extremity physical function and pain intensity in older adults.   methods: a cohort of 111 patients 50 or older completed a sociodemographic survey, the rapid assess...

The word mother itself is symbolic to God. Mother suffers much distress after childbirth due painful perineum. Pain following episiotomy appears be universal. Proper healing of wound delivery a major concern. In Ayurvedic classics Ghritkumari (Aloe vera) has been mentioned as Varna Ropaka and Vishvataghani its Sheeta properties. Various studies have demonstrated the power Aloevera on moisturizi...