The Relationship Between Pelvic Floor Muscle Function and Hip Pain Among Women

University of Haifa

Status: Completed

Conditions: Incontinence Stress; Hip Pain Chronic; Incontinence

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: pelvic floor muscle assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06470620

122/24

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study examines the relationship between pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function and self-perception of PFM contraction with hip pain, their severity, and hip muscle strength.

In addition, it will examines the association between PFM function, and anxiety.

Full description

This cross-sectional study will include women with symptoms of hip-related pain persisting > three months(research group), and women without hip pain (control group). A single session will include various assessments as follows: abdominal ultrasound examination to evaluate PFM function and endurance, in addition, each participant will evaluate her ability to perform correct contraction of PFM, hand-held dynamometer testing for hip rotator muscle strength, the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire (ICIQ) for evaluating symptoms and impact of urinary incontinence, the International Hip Outcome Tool 12 for assessing hip function and pain, the Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale (HADS), and a functional performance task involving the hip muscles - a single-leg squat.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria for Research Group:

• complaints of hip related pain,
• Visual Analog Scale (VAS) >3 for three months,
• with one or more of the symptoms relevant to the syndrome - (1) hip or groin pain produced by a certain movement or position, stiffness and limitation of movement or clicks from the hip joint, (2) examination A positive FADIR performed by the researcher before conducting the study

Exclusion criteria:

• the presence of additional diagnoses of the slipped capital femoral epiphysis,
• Perthes disease,
• avascular necrosis, and osteoarthritis-Calve-Legg,
• neurological or Metabolism,
• surgery/fracture in the hip joint of which the woman complains,
• pregnancy or childbirth in the last year,
• Treatment of the pelvic floor in the last year.

control group - health women without any pain or symptoms in the spine and lower extremities

Trial design

51 participants in 2 patient groups

research group

Description:

women with hip-related pain

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: pelvic floor muscle assessment

control group

Description:

healthy women without hip pain

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: pelvic floor muscle assessment