Pelvic Floor Muscle Training With and Without Hypopressive Exercises in Postmenopausal Females.

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Treatments: Other: pelvic floor muscle training; Other: hypopressive exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05719584

REC/RCR & AHS/23/0502

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the effects of pelvic floor muscle training with and without hypopressive exercises on pelvic organ prolapse in postmenopausal females

Full description

In this randomized controlled trial multigravida, postmenopausal females with stage 1 and 2 pelvic organ prolapse will be taken (exclusion criteria includes cesarean section females, ovarian cysts ,UTIs and neoplasm). This study will be conducted in Jinnah hospital , Lahore. Sample size of 36 will be taken according to inclusion criteria. Study will be completed in 10 months after approval of synopsis. Non-Probability convenient sampling will be used. A written consent form will be taken from participants meeting inclusion criteria and will be randomly allocated into two groups through lottery method, to either the Pelvic floor muscle training group or group with combined pelvic floor muscle exercise and hypopressive exercise. Treatment period will be 12 weeks 3 days per week. The participants will be advised not to use other forms of treatment during the trial (pharmacologic or non pharmacologic treatment). All subjects will be assessed before and after treatment by POP-Q, pelvic floor impact questionnaire and P-QOL. Data will be analyzed by using SPSS 25 statistical software.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Multigravida
• Previous spontaneous vaginal deliveries
• Diagnosed Stage 1 and 2 pelvic organ prolapse
• Post-menopausal females

Exclusion criteria

• History of cesarean section
• History of ovarian cysts
• History of UTIs
• History of neoplasm
• Instrumental deliveries

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

hypopressive exercises

Experimental group

Description:

pelvic floor muscle exercises along with hypopressive exercises

Treatment:

Other: hypopressive exercises

Other: pelvic floor muscle training

pelvic floor muscle training

Active Comparator group

Description:

pelvic floor muscle exercises alone

Treatment:

Other: pelvic floor muscle training