Effect of TECAR in Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Stress Urinary Incontinence
• Interventions: Device: TECAR followed by pelvic floor exercises; Other: pelvic floor exercises

• Registration Number: NCT04612205
• Lead Sponsor: eman elhosary

Brief Summary

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the defined as a leakage of urine with physical exertion, most commonly from coughing, laughing, or sneezing. It has a profound psychosocial impact not only to patients but also on their families and caregivers, resulting in loss of self stem, sexual dysfunction.Because of the higher incidence of stress urinary incontinence that reach 30% of women during childbearing period, 50% in elderly women, and its social embarrassing condition causing socio-psychological problems, disability and dependency with higher economic impact and based on TECAR therapy had better recovery of muscle strength and function in addition to there is no study has evaluated the impact of TECAR treatment on stress urinary incontinence, our study aim to assess the effectiveness of TECAR in treatment of such cases to decrease time of treatment and provide good results to patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-27
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-02
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-02
• Study Start: 2020-12
• Primary Completion: 2021-04
• Study Completion: 2021-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Participants aged between30 to 50 year and BMI not exceed 30 kg/cm2. All subjects complain from mild SUI due to hypermobility of bladder neck and weakness of pelvic floor exercise

Exclusion Criteria

• Those with neurological diseases, diabetic neuropathy, congenital urologic disease, bladder cancer and neurogenic bladder, detrusor hyperactivity and bladder or urethra previous surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
group A	TECAR followed by pelvic floor exercises	females complain from SUI treated by TECAR and pelvic floor exercises
group B	pelvic floor exercises	females treated by pelvic floor exercises only

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
strength of pelvic floor	after 4 week	strength of pelvic floor muscles measured by perineometer before treatment and after 4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
severity of SUI	after 4 weeks	measured by visual analogue scale