NCT01694979

Pelvic Floor Activity and Breathing in Women

Effect Of Variations In Forced Expiration Effort On Pelvic Floor Activation In Asymptomatic Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 18 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kitani, Lenore, PT · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The pelvic floor and diaphragm work together in many different functions. Two important functions are breathing and continence. The pelvic floor muscles have to lift and squeeze to maintain continence. Breathing, specifically breathing out, makes the pelvic floor lift. The investigators don't know how much the pelvic floor lifts and squeezes during different types of breathing out. The purpose of this study is to measure pelvic floor lift and squeeze during different types of breathing out.

Detailed description

The pelvic floor (PF) activates automatically, both squeezing and lifting, during times of increased intra-abdominal pressure for postural stability and continence. Expiration additionally produces automatic activation of the PF. No study to date has investigated the effects of forced expiration on PF displacement and squeeze pressure. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of variations in forced expiration effort on PF muscles' automatic activation.

Conditions

• Pelvic Floor
• Respiration

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Minimum expiration effort	Subjects perform a forced expiration at minimum effort
OTHER	Moderate expiration effort	Subjects perform a forced expiration at moderate effort
OTHER	Maximum expiration effort	Subjects perform a forced expiration at maximum effort

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2012-02-01
• Completion: 2012-02-01
• First posted: 2012-09-27
• Last updated: 2012-09-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States