Effect of Active Footrest care for postpartum women after caesarean birth

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670960
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIZAWA Toyoko 東北大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (80281252)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ATOGAMI Fumi 東北大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 准教授 (20291578) ; NAKAMURA Yasuka 東北大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 助教 (10332941)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 深部静脈血栓 / 下肢浮腫 / 褥婦 / 足関節底背屈運動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A major challage at the monmentaly for postpartum women after caesarean section is to prevent deep vein thrombosis and induce lower lim edema for women's QOL.The purpose of study is to identify higher operating -effectiveness of the ankle joint planter & dorsal flexion exercise.Six healthy women(reproductive generation 20's) volunteers paticipated in this study. They were asked to perform ankle joint planter & dorsal flexion exercise at a peace of once per second, 20 times. They perfomed the angle of 20 and 30 exercise.The change in blood flow in hte gastrocnemius muscle were evaluated by using a laser tissue blood oxygen monitor(OMEGAMONITOR BOM-L1 TRW).As a result, The level of Deoxy-Hb increased significantly during exercise compared with that during rest.We can also see that the decrease was more significant at an angle of 30 exercise.
The result suggest that the ankle exercise at an angle of 30 improved blood flow.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学