Pelvic Floor Disorders
Conditions
Keywords
Elite Athletes, Volleyball, Pelvic Floor Muscle Training
Brief summary
A protocol of pelvic floor muscles training (PFMT) in elite athletes was applied. They will do it for 4 months. Then re-evaluated.
Detailed description
The athletes of the Portuguese national female's volleyball team were evaluated through perineometry, pad-test and Kings health questionnaire. They were taught a plan of pelvic floor muscles training (PFMT) to perform for 4 months. After this time they will be re-evaluated with the same measuring instruments.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT)
PFMT is a protocol of exercises for prevention and treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence in elite females athletes, volleyball team
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTPad test
Pad test is a standardised test for quantifying urine loss. Pad test is not invasive and provide an easy, inexpensive and objective assessment of urine loss.
Sponsors
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
The participants do not know that there is a control group and an intervention group
Intervention model description
Volleyball team will be evaluated in two moments, at the beginning and 4 months after the PFMT. After 4 months, to compare with the control group and to evaluate if there are differences between groups, namely muscle strength
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
15 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Elite female athletes * Nulliparous * Volleyball team.
Exclusion criteria
* Inability to contract the PFM, elderly * Prolapse of the pelvic organs.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pad-test (Short-term) | 2 hour 30 min | The pad test is a standardised test for quantifying urine loss. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kings Health Questionnaire (KHQ) | 10 minutes | Was constructed in order to assess the impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life women, also evaluating urinary symptoms and subjective measures of severity. The KHQ is composed of 21 items investigating nine domains and it evaluates the agreement of the subjects on a 4- and 5- option Likert scale: general health perceptions (1item), incontinence impact (1 item), role limitations (2 items), physical limitations (2 items), social limitations (2 items), personal relationships (3 items), emotions (3 items), sleep and energy (2 items) and severity measures (5 items). Additionally, it has an independent subscale designed as a Symptom Severity Scale, which contains 11 items, measuring the presence and severity of urinary symptoms (Appendix 5). The KHQ scored from a minimum of 0 (best QoL) to a maximum of 100 (worst QoL), scored by every domain and by their global score. Scores of independent subscale (Symptom Severity Scale) was calculated in the same way. |
Countries
Portugal
Contacts
Primary ContactTelma F Pires, MSc
Backup ContactUTAD UTAD
Outcome results
None listed