An interventional study of Pelvic floor muscle therapy in Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness, sponsored by University of Sao Paulo. Completed at 1 site in Brazil. Open to female participants aged 35 Years to 45 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-02-20.
Sponsored by University of Sao Paulo · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Aim: To determine the effects of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) in women with a single delivery route. Pregnancy and delivery route alter the pelvic floor muscle strength and are considered risk factors for urinary incontinence and genital dystopias. Methods: A Randomized controlled clinical trial with two hundred ninety-seven women aged 35 to 45 years old were selected for functional assessments of their pelvic floors by vaginal digital palpation and perineometry. One hundred sixty-five (69.7%) exhibited muscle strength deficits and were included in the clinical trial. The participants were distributed into two groups based on the delivery route (A, vaginal delivery and B, cesarean delivery) and were then randomly subdivided into Groups A1 (n = 44) and B1 (n = 42), who performed PFMT, and Groups A2 (n = 39) and B2 (n = 40), who did not undergo muscle training. The PFMT involved perineal contraction exercises in the dorsal decubitus, sitting, and standing positions and was applied twice per week for a total of 15 sessions. The functional assessment of pelvic floor by vaginal digital palpation and perineometry was performed after 15 sessions of pelvic´s floor muscles training. The statistical analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney and Z tests at a 5% level of significance.
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The pelvic floor muscle therapy to women with vaginal or cesarean deliveries involved perineal contraction exercises in the dorsal decubitus, sitting, and standing positions and was applied twice per week for a total of 15 sessions.
Other: Pelvic floor muscle therapy
Women with vaginal or cesarean deliveries did not did not undergo muscle training
The women performed perineal contraction exercises in the dorsal decubitus, sitting, and standing positions and was applied twice per week for a total of 15 sessions
Pelvic floor muscle strength by two methods
Verification of pelvic floor muscle strength by digital palpation and perineometry before application of exercise and after 15 visits
Time frame: The strength of pelvic floor muscle by digital palpation and perineometry were evaluated one day after 15 sessions of pelvic floor muscle training.
Application of a questionnaire
Verification of age,type of delivery, number of deliveries through a questionnaire
Time frame: One day after 15 sessions of pelvic floor muscle training.
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