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Add-on Effectiveness of EA or TENS in Early Postpartum Breast Engorgement

NCT04998565 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2

Last updated 2021-08-10

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Summary

A total of 36 volunteers of postpartum women within 7 days with significant breast engorgement, will be recruited in China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. The participants will be randomly assigned into 3 groups, each of 12 people, namely, routine care group, routine care plus electrical-acupuncture experiment group, and routine care plus transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation group.

Conditions

  • Breast Engorgement in Puerperium
  • Post Partum Depression

Interventions

OTHER

Routine care

Reverse pressure applied to the areola

PROCEDURE

Electrical Acupuncture

Acupuncture on Hegu, Sanyinjiao, Zusanli and Taichong with electrical stimulation

PROCEDURE

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation over bil breasts

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • China Medical University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hung-Rong Yen, PhD · Department of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-12
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2019-07-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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