The Effects of Pilates on Menopausal Women on Urine Loss, Heart Health and Sleep Quality

The effects of Mat Pilates in postmenopausal women with Stress Urinary Incontinence, Cardiovascular Risks and Sleep Quality: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

REBEC

Registry ID

RBR-35qcc8f

Enrollment

Registered

2024-11-04

Start date

2026-05-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-04-27

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Conditions

Risk Factors for Heart Disease

Interventions

This is a randomized controlled clinical study with two arms, single-blind. Experimental group: 44 women with stress urinary incontinence will receive Mat Pilates (PM). Control group: 44 women with st

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

45 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Women after menopause; aged between 45 and 65 years; have stress urinary incontinence; if you have high blood pressure, it must be controlled; have a Body Mass Index (BMI) between 25 and 35; be sedentary or perform less than 150 minutes of physical activity per week; pelvic floor muscle strength greater than or equal to 2 on the modified Oxford pelvic floor scale

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not knowing how to read and not being able to answer the questionnaires; having a urinary tract infection at the time of treatment; feeling pain during sexual intercourse during penetration and/or constipation; using hormone therapy; being a smoker; having undergone any previous pelvic surgery (including surgery for stress urinary incontinence, with the exception of cesarean section); not having undergone previous pelvic radiotherapy; having a neurological disease; having only Urgency Urinary Incontinence or Overactive Bladder Syndrome; using beta-blockers; not accepting to participate in the research and/or not signing the TCLE

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To assess urinary incontinence measured by the ICIQ-SF questionnaire (International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire - Short Form).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To investigate strength, endurance, coordination and pressure of the pelvic floor muscles (modified Oxford scale for pelvic floor and Peritron); cardiovascular risks; sleep quality and its variables, daytime sleepiness, vasomotor and menopausal symptoms, fatigue, functional capacity; trunk strength; hand grip; risk of falling and quality of life.	—

Countries

Contacts

Public ContactGuilherme Puga

Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

gmpuga@ufu.br+55 34 3218-2967 R:2967

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026