tDCS and Female Urinary Incontinence

Universidade Federal do Piauí

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Urinary Incontinence

Treatments: Procedure: Sham transcranial direct current stimulation + therapeutic exercises for urinary incontinence; Procedure: Real transcranial direct current stimulation + therapeutic exercises for urinary incontinence

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04084340

tDCS and Urinary Incontinence

Details and patient eligibility

About

Urinary incontinence (UI) is defined as any involuntary loss of urine and can be divided into three types: urgency, stress and mixed. Pelvic floor exercises are considered the main non pharmacological choice for UI treatment. Its mechanisms are not fully understood, however there are some evidence that central mechanisms play an important role in the continence control. In this context, neuromodulatory techniques, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), that address cortical targets has been demonstrated promising results in different health conditions. However, few studies have investigated the efficacy of adding tDCS to exercise therapies for women with UI.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Complaining of urinary loss
• Seeking care for urinary incontinence

Exclusion criteria

• Grade III vaginal dystopias
• Intrapelvic tumors
• Cardiac pacemaker or other implanted devices
• Current pregnancy
• Urinary tract infections
• Previous treatment with tDCS

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Anodal tDCS + Exercises therapies

Experimental group

Description:

Real transcranial direct current stimulation associated with therapeutic exercises tDCS: 20 minutes, 2mA

Treatment:

Procedure: Real transcranial direct current stimulation + therapeutic exercises for urinary incontinence

Sham tDCS + Exercises therapies

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Sham transcranial direct current stimulation associated with therapeutic exercises tDCS: 20 minutes (30 seconds ON), 2mA

Treatment:

Procedure: Sham transcranial direct current stimulation + therapeutic exercises for urinary incontinence