Use of Medium Frequency Electrotherapy in the Treatment of OAB, LUTS and Pelvic Pain

Fisioterapia Pélvica Avanzada Madrid, SRL

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms; Urinary Bladder, Overactive; Pelvic Pain

Treatments: Other: No treatment; Other: Medium frequency electrotherapy (interferential currents)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03520166

1.010.817 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

FPA01/2014

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of medium frequency electrotherapy (interferential currents) treatment for overactive bladder (OAB), lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and pelvic pain

Full description

This study consists of 100 women, complaining of increased bladder sensation and urgency with or without incontinence as principal symptomatology and who had not received previous pharmacological treatment. Group-A was used as a control group (n = 50). Group-B patients received 18 sessions of medium frequency electrotherapy during 9 weeks, 2 weekly sessions

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Increased bladder sensation Urgency Overactive bladder Lower urinary tract symptoms Pelvic pain

Exclusion criteria

Neurogenic bladder Acute urinary infection Pelvic floor surgery Congenital urological malformations Age less than 18 years Bladder organic pathology Pelvic radiotherapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Group-A

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

No treatment

Treatment:

Other: No treatment

Group-B

Experimental group

Description:

Medium frequency electrotherapy (interferential currents)

Treatment:

Other: Medium frequency electrotherapy (interferential currents)