Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Among Physiotherapy Students Before and After "Women Health" Course

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
• Interventions: Other: pelvic floor contraction

• Registration Number: NCT03917615
• Lead Sponsor: University of Haifa

Brief Summary

The study aim is to evaluate the ability to correctly contract pelvic floor muscle among physiotherapy students before and after "women health" course. Pelvic floor muscle contraction will be evaluated via transabdominal ultrasound.

Detailed Description

Physiotherapy students during their studying in the physiotherapy Bachelor degree program will be examined. Students will be divided into 2 groups according to their year of studying (if they already studied "women health course or not implying 4th year students compared with 1-3 year level students). Each participant will be asked to contract the pelvic floor muscles.

The assessment of pelvic floor contraction will be measured by measuring bladder displacement via abdominal ultrasound. A curved linear array transducer will be placed in the transverse plane immediately suprapubically over the lower abdomen angled at 15-30 degrees from the vertical. Upward movement of the bladder during contraction will be marked as correct contraction. An on screen caliper and measurement tool will be used to measure bladder amount of bladder displacement.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2019-04
• Study Start: 2019-04-08
• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-14
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-17
• Primary Completion: 2019-06-01
• Study Completion: 2019-06-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-29
• Last Update Posted: 2019-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• healthy students
• willing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• has been treated before for pelvic floor rehabilitation
• active urinary tract infection
• pregnancy
• previous abdominal surgeries

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
before "women health" course	pelvic floor contraction	The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle
after "women health" course	pelvic floor contraction	The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
urinary bladder displacement in millimeters	baseline	bladder displacement will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound using the on screen caliper tool
direction of urinary bladder displacement during contraction	baseline	upward or downward displacement of urinary bladder will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pelvic floor muscles endurance of contraction in seconds	baseline	time of muscle contraction will be measured during the last contraction

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Haifa University, Department of PHysical Therapy; 🇮🇱 Haifa, Israel