Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Hypopressive Exercises for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Impact of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Hypopressive Exercises in Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01196598

Enrollment

Registered

2010-09-08

Start date

2008-01-31

Completion date

2011-01-31

Last updated

2010-09-08

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Conditions

Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Keywords

pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse

Brief summary

To verify if pelvic floor muscle training program and/or a hypopressive exercise program could improve women with stage II of pelvic organ prolapse, their symptoms or pelvic floor muscle strength.

Detailed description

To verify if three months of an exercise program could improve stage II of pelvic organ prolapse, as a conservative treatment.

Interventions

OTHERExercises

Three individual initial sessions for learn about pelvic floor muscle localization and function; receive lifestyle advice and practice the exercises correctly. The control group receive only lifestyle advice. Followed by three months of home training with appointments each two weeks with physiotherapist.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

40 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* women with stage II of pelvic organ prolapse, preferably symptomatic and not to be submitted to surgery to correct pelvic organ prolapse during the study

Exclusion criteria

* Neuromuscular diseases and use of hormonal therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pelvic floor muscle changes	3 months after the begining of treatment	Digital palpation - Evaluates the pelvic floor muscle contraction and assign values according to scales: Oxford (previously validated) and muscular endurance (measured in seconds) Surface electromyography - evaluates the electrical activity generated by activation of motor units of pelvic floor muscles - during the rest and during the maximum voluntary contraction 2D perineal ultrasound - evaluates the cross sectional area of levator ani muscle.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pelvic Organ Prolapse changes	3 months after the begining of treatment	Quantification of stage of pelvic organ prolapse. Measured during gynecology exam by pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q)exam. Measure of changes in symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse using a questionnaire.

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026