Early Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Improves Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength in Patient After Low Anterior Resection

Kwong Wah Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cancer of Rectum

Treatments: Other: Pelvic floor exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01146769

EMTIMS-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of study is to investigate the difference in Maximum Squeeze Pressure in patients with and without pelvic floor muscle training in low anterior resection in peri-operative period

Full description

The functional outcome after low anterior resection varies greatly. Proportion of patient suffers from urgency and incontinence. Pelvic muscle disuse with atrophy and fibrosis may be a cause for the poor function. Peri-operative pelvic floor muscle training may preserve pelvic floor muscle bulk and function and thus improve functional outcome after surgery.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who will undergo low anterior resection of rectum
• Patient consented for study

Exclusion criteria

• Patient unable to understand pelvic floor exercise
• Patient who underwent alternative procedure
• Patient who suffers anastomotic complications after surgery
• Patient who ileostomy not closed

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Pelvic floor exercise

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Pelvic floor exercise

Control

No Intervention group