NCT02073721

The Importance of Electrical Stimulation as a Treatment for Urinary Incontinence in Patients Prostatectomy

The Importance of Electrical Stimulation as a Treatment for Urinary Incontinence in Patients Undergoing Prostatectomy to Exercise the Pelvic Floor Muscles (MAPs): Randomised Controlled Trial, Double Blind

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Gama Filho · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 50 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The use of electrical stimulation to reduce urinary incontinence in men undergoing prostatectomy exercises of the pelvic floor muscles (MAPs)

Detailed description

The study will be an experiment with active control, randomized, double-blind, parallel intervention. After met the eligibility criteria of the patients will be randomly allocated into two groups: Group exercises MAPs (GEX), which is the active control group and electrostimulation + exercises MAPs (GEEX).

Conditions

• Urinary Incontinence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	electrostimulation with exercises MAPs	this group will make the electrostimulation with exercises of the pelvic floor muscles with a focus on strengthening the pelvic floor muscles.the frequency will be 20 sessions, 2 times per week, lasting 30 minutes.
OTHER	exercises MAPs	This group will focus exercises of the pelvic floor muscles with strengthening the muscles of the pelvic floor. the frequency will be 20 sessions, 2 times per week, lasting 30 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2014-02-27
• Last updated: 2014-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil