Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Bee Venom Phonophoresis on Healing of Chronic Lower Limb Ulcers
Lead Sponsor:
Cairo University
Conditions:
Ulcer, Leg
Eligibility:
All Genders
40-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
PURPOSE: to determine the impact of bee venom phonophoresis in accelerating ulcers healing. BACKGROUND: Bee venom (BV) phonophoresis has been suggested as a noninvasive treatment for a number of infl...
Detailed Description
• A verbal explanation about the importance of this research procedure, main aims and conceptual approaches were explained to every participant. • Every participant was given his written informed cons...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Eligible patients ranged in age from 40 to 60 years.
- They had not undertaken another physical therapy modality for ulcer healing
- non-smokers
- under their own prescribed medications, and controlled diet therapy as described by their physicians.
- All patients in the diabetic foot ulcer group (group B) were non-insulin dependent and had controlled blood glucose levels.
Exclusion
- Patients with life-threatening disorders such as renal failure, myocardial infarction.
- any systemic diseases that may interfere with the study's objectives were excluded.
- patients with skin disease.
- any disease that can lead to ulcer rather than diabetes for the diabetic foot ulcer group only, as varicose veins, trauma, peripheral vascular diseases, and/or active malignancy.
- Ulcer with surface area of less than 2 cm2 or more than 8 cm2 would be excluded from the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 25 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
45 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05285930
Start Date
August 1 2021
End Date
February 25 2022
Last Update
March 18 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Faculty of Physical Therapy
Giza, Egypt, 11432