An interventional study of Basic and light cervical mobilization exercises and Abdominal or diaphragmatic breathing exercises in Hysterectomy, sponsored by University of Seville. Completed at 2 sites in Spain. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-19.
Sponsored by University of Seville · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Through a blinded clinical trial, the aim is to evaluate the efficacy of manual therapy in the treatment of pain referred to after laparoscopic hysterectomy.
Control and intervention groups were randomly established. Informed consent will be requested for participation in the study.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Assignment to the intervention group will be done by simple randomization of the sample. A random sequence of numbers will be generated using the statistical program SPSS v.28. Patients will be included in the intervention group of each subcategory if their subject number matches one of the random numbers generated.The intervention groups will receive an explanatory video where a study collaborator performs a series of abdominal or diaphragmatic breathing exercises, which are intended to assess their effectiveness in this clinical trial.
Procedure: Abdominal or diaphragmatic breathing exercises
The patients belonging to the control groups of each subcategory will also receive an explanatory video with basic and light cervical mobilization exercises (Annex 12). This group of exercises will be made up of a series of cervical mobilization exercises that are performed without pain, smooth, controlled by the patients, and without forcing the angulations. They are performed seated, with the arms extended along the body and forearms and hands resting on the legs. The chair must be firm and comfortable. Head movements to the right and left, right and left lateral flexion of the cervical region, cervical flexion and extension will be performed. This exercise will be performed for 5 minutes 3 times a day and beginning in the first 24 postoperative hours.
Procedure: Basic and light cervical mobilization exercises
This group of exercises will be made up of a series of cervical mobilization exercises that are performed without pain, smooth, controlled by the patients, and without forcing the angulations. They are performed seated, with the arms extended along the body and forearms and hands resting on the legs. The chair must be firm and comfortable. Head movements to the right and left, right and left lateral flexion of the cervical region, cervical flexion and extension will be performed. This exercise will be performed for 5 minutes 3 times a day and beginning in the first 24 postoperative hours.
Also known as: Control group
The first abdominal or diaphragmatic breathing exercises will be carried out in a lying position, with the back well supported on a comfortable and firm surface, and with hips and knees flexed and feet supported. The patients take deep breaths, taking air raising the abdomen towards the ceiling, without raising the back from the horizontal plane. During expiration the navel will lower posteriorly and rise towards the thoracic region. For the second abdominal or diaphragmatic breathing exercise, the patient is seated on a firm and comfortable surface, with hips and knees flexed and feet supported. An inspiratory movement will be made in which the patient's navel will be moved outward, away from the spine. During expiration, the navel will go in the direction of the patient's spine and will rise in the direction of the thorax.
Also known as: Intervention group
The McGill Pain Questionnaire
Location of pain: which is usually represented by a schematic figure of the human body, where the patient points out the areas where they feel pain. * Quality of pain: the patient must choose from a wide list of types of pain those characteristics that define the one he presents. They are grouped into various categories that in turn form four large groups: sensory, emotional, evaluative and miscellaneous. In the original English version, the number of words was 78, although they may vary in the different validations of the questionnaire (66 in the Spanish version). * Pain intensity at the current moment: explored by means of a question with five possible response categories. * Assessment of pain at the current time using a visual analogue scale, ranging from "no pain" to "unbearable pain".
Time frame: 24 hours after laparoscopy
The Brief Pain Questionnaire
This questionnaire, in its short version, includes a body map that the patient can use to mark the areas where pain is located. In addition to providing a useful tool for localizing pain, this questionnaire provides important information about other characteristics of pain, as well as response to prescribed treatments.
Time frame: 24 hours after laparoscopy
The Quick Dash quiz
Questionnaire containing questions about symptoms and the ability to use instruments of the upper limbs. Collect data referring to the last week
Time frame: 24 hours after laparoscopy
The HIT-6 scale
evaluates the headache through 6 questions
Time frame: 24 hours after laparoscopy
The Neck Disability Index questionnaire
assesses neck and back pain and its influence on basic activities of daily living
Time frame: 24 hours after laparoscopy
Plan to share: No
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Ran from Feb 2023 to primary completion in Jun 2024, 16 months.
Of 1,253 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Pain, half reached primary completion within 11 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 29. This study's 16 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 1,276 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 30.
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