Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
Conditions
Keywords
pelvic diaphragm, Physiotherapy students, education
Brief summary
The study aim is to evaluate the ability to correctly contract pelvic floor muscle among physiotherapy students before and after women health course. Pelvic floor muscle contraction will be evaluated via transabdominal ultrasound.
Detailed description
Physiotherapy students during their studying in the physiotherapy Bachelor degree program will be examined. Students will be divided into 2 groups according to their year of studying (if they already studied women health course or not implying 4th year students compared with 1-3 year level students). Each participant will be asked to contract the pelvic floor muscles. The assessment of pelvic floor contraction will be measured by measuring bladder displacement via abdominal ultrasound. A curved linear array transducer will be placed in the transverse plane immediately suprapubically over the lower abdomen angled at 15-30 degrees from the vertical. Upward movement of the bladder during contraction will be marked as correct contraction. An on screen caliper and measurement tool will be used to measure bladder amount of bladder displacement.
Interventions
OTHERpelvic floor contraction
Ultrasound examination will be performed to asses urinary bladder displacement being a marker for pelvic floor muscle function
Sponsors
University of Haifa
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
Participants will not know the aim of study
Intervention model description
2 groups according to the year of physiotherapy school.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* healthy students * willing to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* has been treated before for pelvic floor rehabilitation * active urinary tract infection * pregnancy * previous abdominal surgeries
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| direction of urinary bladder displacement during contraction | baseline | upward or downward displacement of urinary bladder will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound |
| urinary bladder displacement in millimeters | baseline | bladder displacement will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound using the on screen caliper tool |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pelvic floor muscles endurance of contraction in seconds | baseline | time of muscle contraction will be measured during the last contraction |
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed