Pelvic Asymmetry, Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness, Stress Urinary Incontinence
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this research study is to investigate the effect of a new neuromuscular approach for correcting pelvic alignment and improving pelvic floor muscle function. Investigators hypothesized that this approach would be significantly superior than no intervention to improve the ability of pelvic floor muscle contraction, measured by transabdominal sonography as bladder base elevation. Participants will be randomized to the intervention and control groups. while intervention group will receive five supervised sessions of pelvic realigning exercises, the control group will receive no intervention. Bladder base elevation will be measured as an indicator of pelvic floor muscle function, before and after one week intervention in both control and intervention groups.
Interventions
OTHERneuromuscual realigning exercise
neuromuscular realigning exercise
Sponsors
University of North Georgia
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Positive Ober's test
Exclusion criteria
* pelvic/low back pain in previous 12 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bladder base elevation | one week | the ability to contract pelvic floor muscle measured as bladder base elevation by transabdominal ultrasound |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactMohammad R Nourbakhsh, professor
Outcome results
None listed