Pilates Pelvic Floor Strengthening Program to Improve Urinary Incontinence

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress Urinary Incontinence

Treatments: Other: Pilates pelvic floor strengthening

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03118557

17-001061

Details and patient eligibility

About

Does a twice weekly, 12-week Pilates pelvic floor strengthening program improve short- and long-term measures of stress urinary incontinence symptoms in women ages 45-70 years of age?

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 45 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age 45-70 years of age.
2. Able to provide informed consent.
3. Able to lower and rise from the floor safely and independently.
4. Anticipated to be able to attend at least 9 of the first 12 classes (75%) in weeks 1-6.
5. Anticipated to be able to attend at least 9 of the final 12 classes (75%) in weeks 7-12.
6. Score of 6+ on ICIQ-UI Short Form.

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnancy
2. Unable to speak and comprehend English
3. Chronic neurologic condition (e.g., Parkinson's or Multiple Sclerosis) that impacts bladder function.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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27 participants in 1 patient group

Pilates pelvic floor strengthening exercise

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Pilates pelvic floor strengthening