The Importance of Electrical Stimulation as a Treatment for Urinary Incontinence in Patients Prostatectomy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Urinary Incontinence
• Interventions: Other: electrostimulation with exercises MAPs; Other: exercises MAPs

• Registration Number: NCT02073721
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Gama Filho

Brief Summary

The use of electrical stimulation to reduce urinary incontinence in men undergoing prostatectomy exercises of the pelvic floor muscles (MAPs)

Detailed Description

The study will be an experiment with active control, randomized, double-blind, parallel intervention. After met the eligibility criteria of the patients will be randomly allocated into two groups: Group exercises MAPs (GEX), which is the active control group and electrostimulation + exercises MAPs (GEEX).

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-06-01
• Study Start: 2013-08
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Study Completion: 2013-12
• Status Verified: 2014-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-02-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-02-25
• Study First Posted: 2014-02-27
• Last Update Posted: 2014-02-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

• patients with urinary sphincter deficiency resulting from a radical prostatectomy surgery
• sent by urologists the same hospital where the experiment will take place
• having the maximum time six months after surgery
• to use 2 to 5 disposable protective per day

Exclusion Criteria

• Symptoms of urinary tract infection
• symptoms of lower urinary tract obstruction
• anal fistula
• metallic implant in the body
• transurethral resection of prostate
• radiation therapy
• non-enforcement of the proposed treatment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
electrostimulation with exercises MAPs	electrostimulation with exercises MAPs	this group will make the electrostimulation with exercises of the pelvic floor muscles with a focus on strengthening the pelvic floor muscles.
exercises MAPs	exercises MAPs	This group will focus exercises of the pelvic floor muscles with strengthening the muscles of the pelvic floor

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
urinary incontinence	august/2013 to December/2013 (4 months)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Federal Hospital Servants of the State of Rio de Janeiro; 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, RJ/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil