Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Among Physiotherapy Students Before and After "Women Health" Course

University of Haifa

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness

Treatments: Other: pelvic floor contraction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03917615

123/19

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aim is to evaluate the ability to correctly contract pelvic floor muscle among physiotherapy students before and after "women health" course. Pelvic floor muscle contraction will be evaluated via transabdominal ultrasound.

Full description

Physiotherapy students during their studying in the physiotherapy Bachelor degree program will be examined. Students will be divided into 2 groups according to their year of studying (if they already studied "women health course or not implying 4th year students compared with 1-3 year level students). Each participant will be asked to contract the pelvic floor muscles.

The assessment of pelvic floor contraction will be measured by measuring bladder displacement via abdominal ultrasound. A curved linear array transducer will be placed in the transverse plane immediately suprapubically over the lower abdomen angled at 15-30 degrees from the vertical. Upward movement of the bladder during contraction will be marked as correct contraction. An on screen caliper and measurement tool will be used to measure bladder amount of bladder displacement.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy students
• willing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• has been treated before for pelvic floor rehabilitation
• active urinary tract infection
• pregnancy
• previous abdominal surgeries

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

after "women health" course

Experimental group

Description:

The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle

Treatment:

Other: pelvic floor contraction

before "women health" course

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle

Treatment:

Other: pelvic floor contraction