Effect of Spinal Magnetic Stimulation on Management of Functional Constipation in Adults

University of Alexandria

Status: Completed

Conditions: Functional Constipation

Treatments: Other: spinal magnetic stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05221255

0305398

Details and patient eligibility

About

conservative management of functional constipation is a preferable method including biofeedback and spinal magnetic stimulation sessions

Full description

Constipation varies in presentation and severity among patients and affects patients' quality of life of varied degrees depending on how it manifests and how severe it is. The prevalence of constipation in the general population is estimated to affect about 20% of the population

Spinal Magnetic Stimulation (SMS) is a non-invasive, painless neurophysiological treatment that uses extracorporeal magnetic stimulation to direct extracorporeal magnetic stimulation to the spinal nerves and deep muscles to aid bowl evacuation without the use of surgery. This noninvasive approach was created to help with micturition, expiration, and bowel function

The aim of this work is to study the efficacy of SMS and biofeedback versus biofeedback in the management of functional constipation.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adults patients diagnosed by Rome IV criteria as having functional constipation

Exclusion criteria

• Patients younger than 18 years old.
• Patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
• Anal hemorrhoids or bleeding.
• Any condition that may complicate bowel problems, such as Parkinson's disease, stroke, or traumatic brain injury.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Sham Therapy

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Patients will receive 12 sessions of biofeedback-assisted pelvic floor muscle relaxation plus non-real magnetic stimulation.

Treatment:

Other: spinal magnetic stimulation

Spinal magnetic stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will receive 12 sessions of biofeedback-assisted pelvic floor muscle relaxation followed by real spinal magnetic stimulation.

Treatment:

Other: spinal magnetic stimulation