perineal kinesiotherapy on multiparous women with deficiency on muscle strength of pelvic floor

A protocol of exercises to strengthen the perineal muscles of multiparous women with deficiency on muscle strength, determining the minimum number of attendances needed to increase the muscle strength.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000598280

Enrollment

249

Registered

2009-07-20

Start date

2007-01-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The aim of this study was to develop a protocol of exercises to strengthen the perineal muscles of multiparous women with deficiency on muscle strength, determining the minimum number of attendances needed to increase the muscle strength

Interventions

Physical Therapy to pelvic floor, with exercises to strength the perineal muscles in different positions: lying, sitting and standing. The women were submitted to twenty sessions of 40 minutes duration each, twice a week for a total of twentysessions.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

35 Years to 45 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

women with had one or more pregnancy, with one or more offspring on birth, with deficiency on strength of pelvic floor by the vaginal examination.

Exclusion criteria

women submitted to bladder surgery or histerectomy, with body mass index over 30, women with diabetes, hipertension,heart diseases, neurologic diseases, pain and difficulty on move arms and legs; urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, women submitted erlier a physical therapy to strength pelvic floor.

Outcome results