Stress Urinary Incontinence
Conditions
Interventions
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Experimental group: 50 women with stress urinary incontinence or mixed urinary incontinence will receive guidance on home training of the pelvic floor muscles during daily life activities through a fo
Sponsors
Hospital da Mulher Prof. Dr. José Aristodemo Pinotti - CAISM
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women aged 18 years old and older with symptoms of stress urinary incontinence or mixed urinary incontinence identified by the following investigation: non-zero scores for the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Overactive Bladder, validated in Portuguese language by Pereira et al., (2010); positive response to one or more of the bold options referring to question 6 of the validated questionnaire for the Portuguese language: International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire – Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF), validated in Portuguese language by Tamanini et al., (2004)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Women with "Pure" Hyperactive Bladder Syndrome and do not present symptoms of associated stress urinary incontinence; women who have never had sexual intercourse because of the impossibility of participating in the pelvic floor muscles evaluation; those with no contractility of the pelvic floor muscles identified by vaginal palpation (grade zero, according to the Oxford Modified Scale); those with urogenital prolapse equal to or greater than three and apical prolapse (uterus or vaginal dome), assessed by Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q); those with Body Mass Index (BMI)> 30, due to interference caused by body fat in the electromyography exam; carriers of myopathies and diseases with recognized alteration of collagen; carriers of neurological abnormalities, cognitive disorders, physical limitations that preclude participation in the study; those who perform or have already performed physiotherapeutic and / or surgical interventions for the treatment of pelvic floor dysfunctions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Difference in the symptoms of urinary loss by effort and mixed urinary loss after the interventions (improvement of urinary loss), determined by means of validated questionnaires and translated into Portuguese, which will be applied and compared their scores before and after the interventions | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Difference in pelvic floor muscle function, graded by the Modified Oxford Scale (range 0 to 5), during maximal voluntary contraction of pelvic floor muscles, which will be assessed and compared before and after five weeks of the interventions;Difference in electromyographic activity of pelvic floor muscles, assessed by surface electromyography, during maximal voluntary contraction of pelvic floor muscles, which will be evaluated and compared before and after five weeks of the interventions | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAnita Nagib
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Outcome results
None listed