NCT01146769

Early Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Improves Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength in Patient After Low Anterior Resection

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kwong Wah Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of study is to investigate the difference in Maximum Squeeze Pressure in patients with and without pelvic floor muscle training in low anterior resection in peri-operative period

Detailed description

The functional outcome after low anterior resection varies greatly. Proportion of patient suffers from urgency and incontinence. Pelvic muscle disuse with atrophy and fibrosis may be a cause for the poor function. Peri-operative pelvic floor muscle training may preserve pelvic floor muscle bulk and function and thus improve functional outcome after surgery.

Conditions

• Cancer of Rectum

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pelvic floor exercise	Pelvic floor strengthening exercise

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-10-01
• Completion: 2012-04-01
• First posted: 2010-06-22
• Last updated: 2010-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong