Stress Urinary Incontinence
Conditions
Brief summary
Women suffering from stress urinary incontinence are offered pelvic floor physiotherapy as an optional treatment. Strengthening of the pelvic floor is measured to date by manual examination and lacks precise evaluation. The vaginal tactile imager assists in evaluation of the changes in the pelvic floor after physiotherapy.
Detailed description
Women with stress urinary incontinence will undergo 6-10 pelvic floor strengthening physiotherapy sessions. The participants will undergo a short examination of vaginal elasticity using a vaginal tactile imager prior to beginning physiotherapy and additional examinations after 6 treatments, 10 treatments and 3 and 6 months post-treatment cessation.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTVaginal tactile imager
Vaginal elasticity evaluation using a vaginal tactile imager
Sponsors
Rambam Health Care Campus
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* women suffering from stress urinary incontinence.
Exclusion criteria
* women suffering from urge urinary incontinence. * women suffering of mixed urinary incontinence.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vaginal Elasticity | From the treatment cessation up to 6 months post-treatment | Changes in vaginal elasticity post physiotherapy |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stress urinary incontinence | From the treatment cessation up to 6 months post-treatment | Improvement in the urogenital distress inventory questionnaire score (range 0-15) |
Outcome results
None listed