Assessment of muscle strength and perinatal and maternal effects resulting from the strengthening exercises of the pelvic floor in pregnancy

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: The effect of pelvic floor muscles strength in healthy pregnancy volunteers; The effect of pelvic floor muscles strength in gestacional diabetes mellitus volunteers; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Normal pregnancy; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Fetal medicine and complications of pregnancy; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609001083280
• Lead Sponsor: Foundation of Research State of Sao Paulo

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-12-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Will be included in the study low risk pregnant women with gestational diabetes and pregnant women under 20 weeks of gestational age using the following criteria: nulliparity, older than 18 years of age, pregnancy topical single fetus, no own disease or concomitant with pregnancy against -recommend exercise or limit the physical exercise

Exclusion Criteria

Be excluded from the study women who perform regular exercise considering the following criteria: frequency of twice a week lasted more than thirty minutes. Will be excluded also those who do not submit proper adherence to the regime of physical activity or to planned visits, the development of diseases that contraindicate or limit the exercise, intolerance and perineometer use of allergy to latex condoms.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluate the efficiency of the pelvic floor muscle training on reducing clinical signs of urinary incontinence by validated questionaries.[The questionaries will be aplicated with 20, 25, 28 and 36 weeks of gestational age and 6 weeks after labor];Assess the impact of the pelvic floor muscle training on electromyographic activity using a eletromyograph device and on a pelvic floor muscle strenght assessed by a perineometer.[The assessment with the eletromyograpy and perineometer devices will be done with 20, 25 and 36 of gestational age and with 6 weeks after the labor.]