Treatment of Overactive Bladder, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Pelvic Pain With Medium Frequency Electrotherapy (Interferential Currents)
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Urinary Bladder, Overactive
- Sponsor
- Fisioterapia Pélvica Avanzada Madrid, SRL
- Enrollment
- 100
- Primary Endpoint
- urgency
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of medium frequency electrotherapy (interferential currents) treatment for overactive bladder (OAB), lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and pelvic pain
Detailed Description
This study consists of 100 women, complaining of increased bladder sensation and urgency with or without incontinence as principal symptomatology and who had not received previous pharmacological treatment. Group-A was used as a control group (n = 50). Group-B patients received 18 sessions of medium frequency electrotherapy during 9 weeks, 2 weekly sessions
Investigators
Cristina Naranjo Ortiz
Principal Investigator
Fisioterapia Pélvica Avanzada Madrid, SRL
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Increased bladder sensation Urgency Overactive bladder Lower urinary tract symptoms Pelvic pain
Exclusion Criteria
- •Neurogenic bladder Acute urinary infection Pelvic floor surgery Congenital urological malformations Age less than 18 years Bladder organic pathology Pelvic radiotherapy
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
urgency
Time Frame: 24 hours
with or without urge incontinence, usually with frequency and nocturia, can be described as the overactive bladder syndrome, urge syndrome or urgency-frequency syndrome. Measured with 24 hour voiding diary.
Secondary Outcomes
- urge urinary incontinence(24 hours)
- feeling of incomplete emptying(24 hours)
- nocturia(24 hours)
- nocturnal enuresis(24 hours)
- increased daytime frequency(24 hours)
- incontinence(24 hours)
- increased bladder sensation(24 hours)
- pelvic pain(24 hours)