Kegel Exercises Prior to Strength Training to Improvestress Urinary Incontinence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Urinary Incontinence,Stress
• Interventions: Behavioral: strength training program

• Registration Number: NCT05527639
• Lead Sponsor: Charles Darwin University

Brief Summary

This comparative pre-post intervention study investigates the feasibility and benefits of Kegel exercises amongst incontinent women, prior to commencing resistance training, to reduce the risk of stress urinary incontinence compared to a group of women without prior Kegel exercises.

Detailed Description

The aim of the study is to determine whether a program of Kegel exercises prior to a resistance training program will result in reduction of stress urinary incontinence and whether this should be prescribed to incontinent women prior to performing resistance training. It is hypothesized that performing kegel exercises prior to resistance training would improve pelvic floor muscle strength and reduces the odds of experiencing SUI during resistance training.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-05-18
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-18
• Study Completion: 2019-12-18
• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-09-01
• Study First Posted: 2022-09-02
• Status Verified: 2023-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-08-04
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 24

Inclusion Criteria

• being female
• over eighteen years of age
• suffer from stress urinary incontinence
• did not perform Kegel exercises
• had no experience in regular resistance/strength training
• completed a physical activity readiness questionnaire (PAR-Q) form.

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnancy, breastfeeding

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
intervention group during study	strength training program	all participants completed a 12 week strength training program consisting of warm up exercises, dead-lifts and squats. They had all completed a program of Kegel exercise prior.
control group during study	strength training program	all participants completed a 12 week strength training program consisting of warm up exercises, dead-lifts and squats

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
incontinence severity index (ISI) tool	Week 12	questionnaire for self-reported frequency and severity of urinary incontinence. the higher the score, the higher the impact of incontinence
pelvic floor muscle strength	week 12	physiotherapist report from digital palpation and perineometry

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Charles Darwin University; 🇦🇺 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia