Effect of "educational and practical program about pelvic floor muscle training for women between 36 gestational weeks and 5 months postpartum" to reduce the size of levator hiatus
- Conditions
- Pregnant women and women after delivery
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000026188
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Yamanashi
- Brief Summary
44 women in the intervention group and 45 in the comparison one were analyzed. There were 36 women who reached a high adherence to three daily sets of pelvic floor muscle training in the intervention group. The reduction in the levator hiatus area at rest was not statistically higher in the intervention group than that in the comparison one. However, for the subgroup with high adherence, the reduction in the area was significantly higher by 4.43% in the intervention group than that in the comparison group.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 92
Not provided
1.women with neuropathic urinary incontinence 2.women who cannot contract pelvic floor muscle correctly at 1 month postpartum 3.women who are difficult to follow until 5 months postpartum 4.women who are judged to be inappropriate by investigator (maternal complications, abnormal fetus, and other reason)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of levator ani muscle using ultrasounds
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Questionnaires(about pelvic organ prolapse, lower urinary tract symptoms and other symptoms) 2.Evaluations by internal vaginal examination