Preventing Pelvic Floor Dysfunction With Pelvic Floor Exercises

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Prevention Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction

Treatments

Other: Standard pelvic floor exercises

Other: Involuntary reflexive pelvic floor exercises

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06204718

2023-30

Details and patient eligibility

About

Study participants will be randomised into 2 groups. Group 1: 1st assessment + 6 weeks of Global Postural Reeducation training plus standard pelvic floor exercises + 2nd assessment + 6 weeks of Global Postural Reeducation training plus standard pelvic floor exercises + 3rd assessment 2nd Group: 1st assessment + 6 weeks of Global Postural Reeducation training plus involuntary reflexive pelvic floor exercises + 2nd assessment + 6 weeks of Global Postural Reeducation training plus involuntary reflexive pelvic floor exercises + 3rd assessment

Full description

Voluntary participants who agreed to participate in the study will be randomised into 2 groups of 36 people each (standard pelvic floor exercises and involuntary reflexive pelvic floor exercises) with the "Research Randomizer" programme (https://www.randomizer.org/). Group 1 (36 people) will receive Global Postural Reeducation training plus standard pelvic floor exercises for 12 weeks, 7 days a week (Total 84 sessions, 15 sessions face to face, 69 sessions home programme). Even numbers will be included in the 2nd group (36 people) and involuntary reflexive pelvic floor exercises will be given in addition to Global Postural Reeducation training for 12 weeks, 7 days a week (Total 84 sessions, 15 sessions face-to-face, 69 sessions home programme). In the study, detailed pelvic floor training will be given to both groups and the same assessments will be made on the pelvic floor muscles. After the initial assessments are completed, both groups will be given a total of 42 sessions of standard and involuntary reflexive pelvic floor exercises for 6 weeks (7 days a week). Participants in both groups will be evaluated at the end of 6 weeks and the remaining 6 weeks exercise programme will be given according to the arranged programme. At the end of the 12th week, the participants will be evaluated again.

Group 1: 1st assessment + 6 weeks of Global Postural Reeducation training plus standard pelvic floor exercises + 2nd assessment + 6 weeks of Global Postural Reeducation training plus standard pelvic floor exercises + 3rd assessment 2nd Group: 1st assessment + 6 weeks of Global Postural Reeducation training plus involuntary reflexive pelvic floor exercises + 2nd assessment + 6 weeks of Global Postural Reeducation training plus involuntary reflexive pelvic floor exercises + 3rd assessment

Enrollment

36 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Volunteering to participate in the study
Being a desk worker between the ages of 18-65
No pelvic floor dysfunction
Being a woman

Exclusion criteria

Systemic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus
Presence of respiratory disease (asthma, COPD, etc...)
Hormone replacement therapy
History of neurogenic bladder
Gynaecological cancer or collagen disease
Breastfeeding
Pregnancy
Early postnatal period (less than one year)
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or gynecological surgery
Menopause
Psychiatric comorbidities and/or cognitive impairment
Impossibility of intra-vaginal physiotherapeutic examination due to untreated active or recurrent urinary infection, haematuria, or vaginal pain during physiotherapy assessment