Exercises to strengthen the perineum after childbirth.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Conditions of the pelvic floor muscles after childbirth.D053580
- Registration Number
- RBR-9hhr2g
- Lead Sponsor
- Programa de pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal de Goiás
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- recruitment completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria were maternal age between 18 and 35 years, parous women (2-4 children) and late postpartum vaginal delivery of a single fetus at term (in current and previous births).
Exclusion Criteria
Postpartum women were excluded who required the use of forceps during vaginal delivery (current and past births), women who underwent vaginal delivery of babies over 4 kg and below 2.5 kg (current and past births) in women who have had surgery perineal region, women with urinary symptoms before, during or after pregnancy and who performed perineal exercises before or during pregnancy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Verification of vaginal muscle strength by digital palpation, which will ask the patient to contract the perineal muscles and the researcher will give a note based on the Oxford scale (Bo and Finckenhagen, 2003), graduated from 0 to 5. This is a subjective assessment of muscle strength. After 15 minutes of the evaluation of muscle strength by palpation bidigital mentioned above, there will be an objective assessment of strength through the vaginal perineometer. This unit graduate the strength of the patient through a vaginal probe with a pressure sensor will show the strength of the perineal muscle contraction, performed by the patient.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of the perception of changes in sexual activity through a questionnaire prepared by the researcher responsible for this research.