Elliptical Physical Activity and Sexual Dysfunction in Males With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Erectile Dysfunction

Treatments: Behavioral: exercise (elliptical training)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06783894

IRB00014233-20

Details and patient eligibility

About

psychological disturbances resulting from irritable bowel syndrome causes sexual dysfunction in men such as weak erection of penis. The different exercise forms are important in improving symptoms of this syndrome and exercise also may improve sexual dysfunction in men

Full description

Forty irritable bowel syndrome men with sexual dysfunction ( weak erection of penis or erectile dysfunction) will divided into Group I or Group II . The group will contain twenty subjects. Group I will perform ellpitical physical activity (40 minutes on elliptical trainer three times weekly. the duration of physical activity will be 12 weeks. Group II will not perform any physical activity.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 30 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• men with irritable bowel syndrome
• men with erectile dysfunction
• married men

Exclusion criteria

• obese men
• chest/renal disease men
• cardiac/metabolic disease men
• systemic disease men

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

group I

Experimental group

Description:

twenty irritable bowel syndrome men with sexual dysfunction ( weak erection of penis or erectile dysfunction) will perform ellpitical physical activity (40 minutes on elliptical trainer three times weekly. the duration of physical activity will be 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: exercise (elliptical training)

Group II

No Intervention group

Description:

twenty irritable bowel syndrome men with sexual dysfunction (weak erection of penis or erectile dysfunction) will perform no type of activity (wait list group).