Older women with urinary loss: program with Physical Exercise and Physiotherapy

Not Applicable

• Conditions: urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence, pelvic floor muscles, pelvic floor disorders, pelvic floor; C06.405.469.860.300; C12.777.934.852; C12.777.934.852.500; C12.777.934.852.249; C12.483; A01.923.600.600

• Registration Number: RBR-8rcfp6
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-03-01
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Being female, between 60 an75 years of age, without cognitive impairment, without pelvic dysfunction, with functional assessment of the pelvic floor (AFA) greater or equal 2 (presence of contraction of small intensity, but that sustains itself).

Exclusion Criteria

Those that present self-reported clinical restraint for the practice of resisted exercise, cardiovascular, osteoarticular or neurological activities will be excluded, being or practicing resistance exercises in the last three months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Increase in pubovisceral muscle thickness of at least 2 millimeters;Increase of strength and endurance of pelvic floor muscle evaluated by digital perineometer before and after 12 weeks of training.<br><br>Morphology of the pelvic floor (pubovisceral muscle length and thickness, urogenital hiatus diameter, anorectal angle and bladder and rectum position) evaluated by 3D transperineal ultrasound before and after 12 weeks of training.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Presence of Pelvic floor distress (urinary, fecal incontinence, and prolapse) assessed by the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory - PFDI-20 before and after 12 weeks of training.