Effects of Digital Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis Having Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Ataturk Training and Research Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Treatments: Other: Lifestyle recommendations; Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04759391

2021/02/15

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of digital pelvic floor muscle training and lifestyle recommendations in patients with Multiple Sclerosis having lower urinary tract symptoms.

Full description

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune, neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system. Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are very common in MS. Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is one of the first-line choices for the conservative treatment of LUTS.

According to our knowledge, no study has investigated the effects of digital pelvic floor muscle training and lifestyle recommendations in MS having LUTS, yet.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having a diagnosis of MS and having at least two of the lower urinary symptoms
• Not having an attack in the last 1 month,
• No change in medical treatment in the last 3 months
• "Expanded disability status scale-EDSS" score is less than 6.5
• Not having any cognitive problems that would hinder cooperation and understanding
• Those who use digital devices such as computers, laptops, smartphones and tablets
• Volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy status
• Active urinary tract infection
• Another neurological disease that can cause incontinence
• A history of malignancy
• Prostate surgery
• Those with missing evaluation parameters
• Those who do not regularly participate in treatment programs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

Lifestyle recommendations as well as digital pelvic floor muscle training to the exercise group

Treatment:

Other: Lifestyle recommendations

Other: Exercise

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Lifestyle recommendations will be given to the control group

Treatment:

Other: Lifestyle recommendations