Effect of TECAR in Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 40
- Primary Endpoint
- strength of pelvic floor
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 30 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Participants aged between30 to 50 year and BMI not exceed 30 kg/cm
- •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
Arms & Interventions
group B
females treated by pelvic floor exercises only
Intervention: pelvic floor exercises (Other)
group A
females complain from SUI treated by TECAR and pelvic floor exercises
Intervention: TECAR followed by pelvic floor exercises (Device)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
strength of pelvic floor
Time Frame: after 4 week
strength of pelvic floor muscles measured by perineometer before treatment and after 4 weeks
Secondary Outcomes
- severity of SUI(after 4 weeks)
Investigators
eman elhosary
assist .Prof.of women health department
Kafrelsheikh University