Effect of MET on Meralgia Paraesthesia Postpartum "Muscle Energy Technique"

The Effect of Muscle Energy Technique on Femoral Meralgia Paraesthesia in Postpartum: A Randomized Controlled Trial

To investigate the effect of muscle energy technique on Femoral meralgia paraesthesia in a postpartum female. BACKGROUND: meralgia paraesthesia is one of the serious disorders in the postpartum female which results in pain and less physical activities.

………HYPOTHESES:

This study hypothesized that:

muscle energy technique will have a significant effect on Femoral meralgia paraesthesia in postpartum female

Thirty meralgia paraesthesia postpartum females will participate in this study.

The patients will randomly be divided into two equal groups; the control group received the conventional selected exercise program and the study group received the same exercise training program in addition to muscle energy technique, three times per week for four weeks.

The evaluation methods by Femoral nerve conduction velocity will be measured via the Neuropack S1 MEB9004 EMG device before the exercise program and after finishing the exercise program, and also the Pelvic compression test and Pain numeric rating scale

Inclusion Criteria:

• Thirty meralgia paraesthesia postpartum female Patients
• with positive Pelvic compression test
• age ranging from 25:40 years
• post vaginal delivery or post-operative (postpartum) persistent dysthesia in anterolateral thigh (one side or both)
• body mass index (20:29.9) Kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria:

• difficulty to communicate or to understand program instructions
• other conditions that caused pain (for example fibromyalgia and arthritis)
• any psychiatric or cognitive symptoms any other musculoskeletal disorders or neurologic diseases of the lower extremities and spine