Hypopressive Effectiveness in Postural Control and Pelvic Floor.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Postural; Defect; Muscle Weakness; Pelvic Floor Disorders
• Interventions: Other: Hypopressive exercises

• Registration Number: NCT04343599
• Lead Sponsor: University of Jaén

Brief Summary

Effects of an exercise program based on hypopressive exercises in the female population.

Detailed Description

Participants allocated to the intervention group completed 10 weeks of hypopressive exercises training with a frequency of two sessions of 30 minutes twice a week.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-06-07
• Study Completion: 2019-06-12
• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-09
• Study First Posted: 2020-04-13
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

• Women
• Physical autonomy

Exclusion Criteria

• Vestibular disorders.
• Coronary diseases.
• Recent surgery.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Hypopressive exercises	Hypopressive exercises	Patients completed 10 weeks of abdominal hypopressive exercises with two sessions of 30 minutes per week.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Postural control	From baseline to 10 weeks.	Postural control was evaluated by means of a stabilometric platform of resistive pressure sensors (Sensor Medica, Rome, Italy).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-reported pelvic floor status	From baseline to 10 weeks	To assess self-reported status the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory-Short Form was administered.
Pelvic floor muscles strength	From baseline to 10 weeks.	The assessment of the overall contractility of the striated pelvic floor musculature was evaluated according to the modified manual scale Oxford.
Urinary incontinence	From baseline to 10 weeks	To determine the presence and improvement in urinary incontinence the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form was employed.
Transversus abdominis activation	From baseline to 10 weeks.	Transversus abdominis thickness during contraction was assessed by real time ultrasound imaging.
Pulmonary ventilation	From baseline to 10 weeks	A forced spirometry test was employed to assess pulmonary function.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Jaen; 🇪🇸 Jaén, Spain