The effect of walking exercise on pelvic function in women with urinary incontinence due to pregnancy / labor
- Conditions
- urinary incontinence
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000025931
- Lead Sponsor
- Kochi University
- Brief Summary
o statistically significant difference in the pelvic measurements for urinary incontinence was observed between the walking and no walking groups.No statistically significant difference in the ICIQ-SF scores for urinary incontinence was observed between the walking and no walking groups. Urinary incontinence symptoms worsened in 3 of the 10 subjects in the non-exercise group, but improved or resolved in all subjects in the walking exercise group.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Not provided
1.Women with neurological or psychiatric diseases which may induce falling (e.g., epilepsy, myelopathy, cranial nerve diseases, mental disorder) 2.Women with multiple pregnancy, or complicating baby postpartum 3.Women restricted in exercise by their doctors at the medical examination 4 weeks postpartum (e.g., intrapartum abnormal hemorrhage, anemia, high blood pressure, perineal laceration IV degree, postpartum mental disorder) 4. Women having no enough time for the walking exercise 5. Women scored over 9 points for Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale at the medical examination 4 weeks postpartum
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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