The Effect of Pelvic Floor Exercise on Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Sex Life

This physiotherapist-guided group training programme should be performed in both the supine and the sitting positions; it is investigated, which is better and more cost-effective in patient motivation.

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Key information

Conditions

Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Male Urogenital Diseases Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Urinary Incontinence Urination Disorders Urogenital Diseases Urologic Diseases Urological Manifestations

Age range

18 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

Here we aimed to investigate whether-based on trunk muscle synergism-the condition and functioning of the pelvic floor muscle would improve in the sitting and supine postures or in the control group during pelvic floor muscle training with forced exhalation. We enrolled nulliparous women in supine (n = 22), sitting (n = 19) and control (n = 14) groups. We performed the 8-week combined pelvic floor muscle training programme. We examined the effect of training on the parameters with the Kruskal-Wallis test, and the pairwise comparisons with the Mann-Whitney U-test and the Wilcoxon-rank test with the Bonferroni correction.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

We included in the study groups women participants willing to participate in the study and able to contract the pelvic floor and transversus abdominis muscles correctly. Participants were required to maintain their everyday activities (attending lessons, sport activities, and so on).

Exclusion criteria

known neurological or rheumatological diseases and previous vaginal or abdominal surgery.

Treatment and study plan

Pelvic Floor Muscle training

Other

The treatment for the sitting group comprised 8 sessions, with a 1-hour combined pelvic floor muscle training (cPFM-T) session each week in a group and 15 minutes of individual home training, six times a week for a total of 8 weeks of treatment. All training sessions comprised warming-up, gradual muscle strengthening and relaxation exercises. In the study, before and after the training programme, we used a self-administered questionnaire.We measured changes in pelvic floor muscle activity with a vaginal surface electromyographic instrument. We performed the transversus abdominis measurements at the same time as the vaginal measurements and pelvic floor muscle tasks.

Primary outcomes

Investigation of the effects of the pelvic floor muscle training (PFM-T)

Time frame: 28 months

It is measured the change of the pelvic floor muscle with Vaginal surface electromyography (vsEMG).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Szeged University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2016
Primary completion: 2018
Study completion: 2019
First posted: Oct 8, 2020
Registry last updated: Nov 12, 2020

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