Bladder Displacement During Abdominal and Pelvic Floor Exercises
- Conditions
- Postpartum Disorder
- Registration Number
- NCT04154527
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Castilla-La Mancha
- Brief Summary
This study evaluates the bladder base displacements during abdominal and pelvic floor exercises in postpartum women comparing to nulliparous women
- Detailed Description
Postpartum women are at increased risk of suffering pelvic floor dysfunctions. However, only a few researches are focused on the exercises physiological effect at the postpartum recovery period.
A prospective observational study was designed to evaluate the protective or the prolapsed effect of abdominal and pelvic floor exercises in postpartum women.
Two groups were established: Group A was composed of primiparous women during postpartum period and group B of nulliparous women. Both groups practiced the same set of 6 abdominal and perineum exercises. The bladder descent was registered by ultrasonography, and the correct execution was controlled in both groups by superficial pelvic floor and abdominal electromyography.
A Graphical User Interface on MATLAB software has been developed for aiding in offline measurement process.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 64
- women at postpartum period (more than 6 and less than 12 weeks after vaginal birth)
- willingness to participate in the study
- ability to contract Pelvic Floor Muscles correctly
- written consent to participate.
- pregnancy
- caesarean birth
- pelvic Floor disorders
- neurological diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cranial or Caudal bladder base displacement measured in cm during the set of 6 exercises. between 6 and 12 weeks after birth Cranial or Caudal bladder base displacement during pelvic floor and abdominal exercises, comparing the baseline at rest to the position at 25% of muscle recruitment, in each exercise.
Vertical and horizontal bladder neck displacement measured in cm during the set of 6 exercises. between 6 and 12 weeks after birth Vertical and horizontal displacement of the bladder neck during pelvic floor and abdominal exercises, comparing the baseline at rest to the position at 25% of muscle recruitment in each exercise.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Castilla-La Mancha
🇪🇸Toledo, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
University of Castilla-La Mancha🇪🇸Toledo, Castilla La Mancha, Spain