Conditions of the pelvic floor muscles after childbirth.
Conditions
Interventions
Were performed strengthening exercises for the pelvic floor muscles after childbirth. Women included in the study were divided into treatment group and control group. The treatment group completed 8 w
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E02.779
D011320
Sponsors
Programa de pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal de Goiás
Waldemar Naves do Amaral
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria were maternal age between 18 and 35 years, parous women (2-4 children) and late postpartum vaginal delivery of a single fetus at term (in current and previous births).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Postpartum women were excluded who required the use of forceps during vaginal delivery (current and past births), women who underwent vaginal delivery of babies over 4 kg and below 2.5 kg (current and past births) in women who have had surgery perineal region, women with urinary symptoms before, during or after pregnancy and who performed perineal exercises before or during pregnancy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Verification of vaginal muscle strength by digital palpation, which will ask the patient to contract the perineal muscles and the researcher will give a note based on the Oxford scale (Bo and Finckenhagen, 2003), graduated from 0 to 5. This is a subjective assessment of muscle strength. After 15 minutes of the evaluation of muscle strength by palpation bidigital mentioned above, there will be an objective assessment of strength through the vaginal perineometer. This unit graduate the strength of the patient through a vaginal probe with a pressure sensor will show the strength of the perineal muscle contraction, performed by the patient. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluation of the perception of changes in sexual activity through a questionnaire prepared by the researcher responsible for this research. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactThaís Assis
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Outcome results
None listed