The Effect of Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy on Vaginal Elasticity
- Conditions
- Stress Urinary Incontinence
- Interventions
- Diagnostic Test: Vaginal tactile imager
- Registration Number
- NCT04114019
- Lead Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
- Brief Summary
Women suffering from stress urinary incontinence are offered pelvic floor physiotherapy as an optional treatment. Strengthening of the pelvic floor is measured to date by manual examination and lacks precise evaluation. The vaginal tactile imager assists in evaluation of the changes in the pelvic floor after physiotherapy.
- Detailed Description
Women with stress urinary incontinence will undergo 6-10 pelvic floor strengthening physiotherapy sessions. The participants will undergo a short examination of vaginal elasticity using a vaginal tactile imager prior to beginning physiotherapy and additional examinations after 6 treatments, 10 treatments and 3 and 6 months post-treatment cessation.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- women suffering from stress urinary incontinence.
- women suffering from urge urinary incontinence.
- women suffering of mixed urinary incontinence.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Stress urinary incontinence Vaginal tactile imager Women suffering from stress urinary incontinence
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Vaginal Elasticity From the treatment cessation up to 6 months post-treatment Changes in vaginal elasticity post physiotherapy
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Stress urinary incontinence From the treatment cessation up to 6 months post-treatment Improvement in the urogenital distress inventory questionnaire score (range 0-15)