NCT01196598

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Hypopressive Exercises for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Impact of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Hypopressive Exercises in Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 40 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To verify if pelvic floor muscle training program and/or a hypopressive exercise program could improve women with stage II of pelvic organ prolapse, their symptoms or pelvic floor muscle strength.

Detailed description

To verify if three months of an exercise program could improve stage II of pelvic organ prolapse, as a conservative treatment.

Conditions

• Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercises	Three individual initial sessions for learn about pelvic floor muscle localization and function; receive lifestyle advice and practice the exercises correctly. The control group receive only lifestyle advice. Followed by three months of home training with appointments each two weeks with physiotherapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-10-01
• Completion: 2011-01-01
• First posted: 2010-09-08
• Last updated: 2010-09-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil