Effectiveness of pelvic floor exercises and breathing exercises on urinary disorders of people with multiple sclerosis
- Conditions
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20180916041051N3
- Lead Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Age 18to50 years
Diagnosis of relapsing-remitting MS disease
MMSE scale score greater than 24
EDSS scale score less than 3.5
Not suffering from cardiovascular diseases, kidney diseases, rheumatism, visceral diseases, other neurological diseases (other than MS), malignancies and infections
No pregnancy or history of childbirth in the last 6 months
Not having a history of surgery to treat urinary incontinence
Absence of prolapse of pelvic organs with intensity higher than 2
Not having a score of 19-21 from the ICIQ-SF questionnaire
Not having a history of MS relapse in the last 3 month
Ability to understand and write concepts and information
Not having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis and tuberculosis
Absence of MS plaques in the medulla (due to the presence of respiratory control areas)
Body mass index (BMI) below 30
The patient's unwillingness to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of urinary incontinence. Timepoint: It is checked at the beginning of the study (before the intervention) and the last session. Method of measurement: ICIQSF questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method PFM function. Timepoint: It is checked at the beginning of the study (before the intervention) and the last session. Method of measurement: It is measured by ultrasound imaging.;Diaphragm muscle function. Timepoint: It is checked at the beginning of the study (before the intervention) and the last session. Method of measurement: It is measured by ultrasound imaging.