Investigation of Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength in Low Back Pain

Gulhan Yilmaz Gokmen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Non-specific Low Back Pain; Low Back Pain, Mechanical; Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness; Pain; Disability Physical

Treatments: Device: measurement of pelvic floor muscle with perinometer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05811572

00-2020-0018

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effect of pelvic floor muscle strength on women with non-specific low back pain

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• being a woman
• 18-50 years old
• BMI≤30

For The NSLBP Group:

• diagnosed with non-specific low back pain by a specialist physician,
• have low back pain for at least 3 months,
• have no pain radiating to the leg,
• have low back pain 3 or higher on the visual analog scale (VAS, 0-10 scale)

Exclusion criteria

• have a somatic or psychiatric disorder,
• have signs and symptoms associated with other conditions such as nerve root compression (at least 2 of these symptoms: weakness, reflex changes or loss of sensation associated with the same spinal nerve),
• have had previous spinal surgery or are scheduled for surgery,
• Pregnant
• have neurological and pelvic inflammatory diseases

Trial design

72 participants in 2 patient groups

With Non-Specific Low Back Pain

Description:

pelvic floor muscles measurement with perinometer

Treatment:

Device: measurement of pelvic floor muscle with perinometer

Without Low Back Pain

Description:

pelvic floor muscles measurement with perinometer

Treatment:

Device: measurement of pelvic floor muscle with perinometer