Kegel Exercises Prior to Strength Training to Improvestress Urinary Incontinence

Charles Darwin University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Urinary Incontinence,Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: strength training program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05527639

CharlesDarwinU

Details and patient eligibility

About

This comparative pre-post intervention study investigates the feasibility and benefits of Kegel exercises amongst incontinent women, prior to commencing resistance training, to reduce the risk of stress urinary incontinence compared to a group of women without prior Kegel exercises.

Full description

The aim of the study is to determine whether a program of Kegel exercises prior to a resistance training program will result in reduction of stress urinary incontinence and whether this should be prescribed to incontinent women prior to performing resistance training. It is hypothesized that performing kegel exercises prior to resistance training would improve pelvic floor muscle strength and reduces the odds of experiencing SUI during resistance training.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• being female
• over eighteen years of age
• suffer from stress urinary incontinence
• did not perform Kegel exercises
• had no experience in regular resistance/strength training
• completed a physical activity readiness questionnaire (PAR-Q) form.

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy, breastfeeding

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention group during study

Other group

Description:

all participants completed a 12 week strength training program consisting of warm up exercises, dead-lifts and squats. They had all completed a program of Kegel exercise prior.

Treatment:

Behavioral: strength training program

control group during study

Other group

Description:

all participants completed a 12 week strength training program consisting of warm up exercises, dead-lifts and squats

Treatment:

Behavioral: strength training program