TerminatedNot Applicable

Lymphatic Drainage Versus Ultrasound for Postpartum Breast Engorgement: A Pilot Study

Stopped: Recruitment was lower than the target 153 due to the pandemic, with only 35 participants. Four dropped out due to pandemic restrictions and health issues. The study will still proceed with analysis.

Taiwan31 participantsStarted 2022-07-01

Plain-language summary

In this article, women were randomly assigned to the manual lymphatic drainage group, therapeutic ultrasound group, and control group, and the breast pain, swelling hardness, and milk excretion before and after each treatment were measured.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 55 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Over 20 years old * Physiological breast swelling, breast heaviness, lumps, milk plugging, breast pain after childbirth * Able to read and understand Chinese * At least four points on the Breast Swelling Scale Exclusion Criteria: * Autoimmune system problems * physical and mental health problems * Breast abscesses, mastitis * Breast implants * Cardiac pacemakers * Malignant tumors

What they're measuring

The Breast Enhancement Assessment Scale

Timeframe: Change from Baseline The Breast Enhancement Assessment Scale at 3day

The Visual Analogue Scale for Pain；VASP

Timeframe: Change from Baseline The Visual Analogue Scale for Pain；VASP at 3day

The Total Daily Milk Volume

Timeframe: Change from Baseline The Total Daily Milk Volume at 3day

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06129344

SponsorNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-12-31

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