Skip to main content
OpenTrials
Completed

NCT Number: NCT03917615

Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Among Physiotherapy Students Before and After "Women Health" Course

The study aim is to evaluate the ability to correctly contract pelvic floor muscle among physiotherapy students before and after "women health" course. Pelvic floor muscle contraction will be evaluated via transabdominal ultrasound.

Completed

Looking for future studies?

Notify Me

Key information

Conditions

Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness

Age range

18 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Haifa University, Department of PHysical Therapy

Haifa, Israel

About this study

Physiotherapy students during their studying in the physiotherapy Bachelor degree program will be examined. Students will be divided into 2 groups according to their year of studying (if they already studied "women health course or not implying 4th year students compared with 1-3 year level students). Each participant will be asked to contract the pelvic floor muscles.

The assessment of pelvic floor contraction will be measured by measuring bladder displacement via abdominal ultrasound. A curved linear array transducer will be placed in the transverse plane immediately suprapubically over the lower abdomen angled at 15-30 degrees from the vertical. Upward movement of the bladder during contraction will be marked as correct contraction. An on screen caliper and measurement tool will be used to measure bladder amount of bladder displacement.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • healthy students
  • willing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

  • has been treated before for pelvic floor rehabilitation
  • active urinary tract infection
  • pregnancy
  • previous abdominal surgeries

Treatment and study plan

pelvic floor contraction

Other

Ultrasound examination will be performed to asses urinary bladder displacement being a marker for pelvic floor muscle function

Primary outcomes

  1. direction of urinary bladder displacement during contraction

    Time frame: baseline

    upward or downward displacement of urinary bladder will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound

  2. urinary bladder displacement in millimeters

    Time frame: baseline

    bladder displacement will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound using the on screen caliper tool

Secondary outcomes

  1. pelvic floor muscles endurance of contraction in seconds

    Time frame: baseline

    time of muscle contraction will be measured during the last contraction

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Haifa

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Apr 17, 2019
Registry last updated
Jul 30, 2019

OpenTrials presents study information sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. The official registry record should be consulted for the latest information.

View the official ClinicalTrials.gov record (opens in a new tab)

This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

Related clinical trials

Published trials that share one or more normalized conditions with this study.