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Training through kinesiotherapy and pilates to the pelvic floor

Pelvic floor training in the elderly: A randomized controlled trial comparing treatment techniques through the pilates method and kinesiotherapy.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-4y4q7z
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2018-09-03
Start date
2018-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Pelvic musculature function

Interventions

The evaluations (data collection) will take place before the first and after the sixteenth treatment session. The Pilates Group (GP): The group will have 11 participants, who will hold 2 weekly sessio
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Sponsors

Pontifícia Universidade católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Lead Sponsor
Pontifícia Universidade católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Collaborator
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
60 Years to 95 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Women aged 60 or over, living in Porto Alegre and who agree to participate in the study and who have signed the Free and Informed Consent Term.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: women with disabling diseases that prevent the performance of pilates exercises that have undergone gynecological surgery will be excluded, in order to initiate any type of structured and planned physical activity, in addition to those provided for in this protocol and that present genital prolapse above the second the POP-Q classification (Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification System).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Average increase of 10% in the electromyographic response of the pelvic muscles' electrical activity, when comparing measurements made before and after the intervention.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
An average increase of 1 grade in the pelvic floor muscle function measured by the Ortiz scale when comparing measurements made before and after the intervention.—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactMara Knorst

Pontifícia Universidade católica do Rio Grande do Sul

mknorst@pucrs.br55 (51) 33203646

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)