A randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of POSition IN LABour and effect on pudendal nerve physiology
Completed
- Conditions
- Pudendal nerve neuropathyPregnancy and ChildbirthLabour
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN86358094
- Lead Sponsor
- Health Research Board of Ireland (Ireland)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Primiparous healthy patients who are in labour with a single cephalic foetus
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with a history of bowel symptoms or bowel surgery
2. Patients without fluent English
3. Diabetic patients
4. Patients attending the hospital High Risk Clinic
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effects on pudendal nerve motor latency
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The difference in anaorectal manometry and continence scoring between the groups