Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Stress Urinary Incontinence in Elite Athletes . Clinical Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 15
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Pad-test (Short-term)
研究概览
简要总结
A protocol of pelvic floor muscles training (PFMT) in elite athletes was applied. They will do it for 4 months. Then re-evaluated.
详细描述
The athletes of the Portuguese national female's volleyball team were evaluated through perineometry, pad-test and Kings health questionnaire. They were taught a plan of pelvic floor muscles training (PFMT) to perform for 4 months. After this time they will be re-evaluated with the same measuring instruments.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
The participants do not know that there is a control group and an intervention group
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 15 Years 至 30 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Elite female athletes
- •Nulliparous
- •Volleyball team.
排除标准
- •Inability to contract the PFM, elderly
- •Prolapse of the pelvic organs.
研究组 & 干预措施
Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT)
Experimental group will perform for 4 months a PFMT
干预措施: Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT) (Behavioral)
Pad test
The experimental and control group will perform the pad test twice. At the beginning of the evaluation and 4 months after the PFMT. The modified pad test, has the durability of a workout (2h30min)
干预措施: Pad test (Diagnostic Test)
Kings Health Questionnaire
Kings Health Questionnaire to assess the impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life of women. Both groups will complete the questionnaire.
perineometer
Both groups will perform perineometry at baseline and 4 months after
结局指标
主要结局
Pad-test (Short-term)
时间窗: 2 hour 30 min
The pad test is a standardised test for quantifying urine loss.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Telma Pires
principal investigator
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro