Effects of Spinal Stabilization Exercises Focusing on the Pelvic Floor in Women With Overactive Bladder

Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overactive Bladder

Treatments: Other: lifestyle recommendations; Other: Stabilization exercise+lifestyle recommendation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05677841

2022/12/23

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of spinal stabilization exercises focusing on the pelvic floor on urinary symptoms, spinal stability, pelvic floor muscle functions, quality of life and perception of recovery in women with overactive bladder.

Full description

Overactive bladder (OAB) is defined by the International Continence Society and the International Society of Urogynecology as urinary urgency with or without urinary incontinence, usually accompanied by frequency and nocturia. Among the treatment options of OAB; first-line treatments include lifestyle recommendations, exercise approaches, and bladder training. Lifestyle recommendations; healthy lifestyle includes behavioral changes. Spinal stabilization exercise also aims to improve the neuromuscular control, strength and endurance of the muscles that are important in maintaining trunk stability. In recent years, it has been stated that trunk stability is impaired in women with OAB. However, no study was found on spinal stabilization exercises in patients with OAB.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between the ages of 18-65
• Women with a diagnosis of overactive bladder
• Women who volunteered to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Women with only stress urinary incontinence
• Presence of advanced pelvic organ prolapse
• Having a mental problem that will prevent cooperation in assessment and/or practices
• Women with the presence of a malignant condition
• Concomitant neurological disease and/or neurogenic bladder
• Presence of infection
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise group will be given spinal stabilization exercises focusing on the pelvic floor and lifestyle reccommendations

Treatment:

Other: Stabilization exercise+lifestyle recommendation

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control group will be given lifestyle recommendations

Treatment:

Other: lifestyle recommendations