Effects of pelvic floor muscle training in pregnant women

Effects of pelvic floor muscle training on pelvic floor muscle function in women during their first pregnancies measured by perineometer.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609001005246

Enrollment

Registered

2009-11-20

Start date

2007-01-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

evaluate de effects of the pelvic floor muscle trainning in their fuctions

Interventions

pelvic floor muscle training in healthy pregnant women in four different positions during 16 weeks/sessions (the sessions duration was 30 minutes, once a week), beginning at 20 th week of gestation, one-on-one training with a physiotherapist to analyze the effect during the pregnancyand post partum. Pelvic floor muscle training is a training for the pelvic floor muscle to improve the strength and the function of these muscles thet support the abdominal organs and realize the continence (fecal an

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

woman in the first pregnancy, without complications and who can contract correctly the pelvic floor

Exclusion criteria

complications during the pregnancy

Outcome results