NCT03339609

Uroflow Measurement With Electromyography (EMG) to Identify Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS): Conducted on Healthy Children

Micturition Reeductation in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Uroflow/EMG Measurement in Healthy Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 83 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Nowadays there is a growing interest towards non-invasive assessment of urinary dysfunctions in clinical practice. The tendency to use uroflowmetry as a first-line screening tool is based on the inexpensiveness, time efficiency, comfort of the patient, etc. However, it is stated that uroflowmetry as a stand-alone study lacks the potential to make an accurate diagnosis. In regard to this, the International Continence Society indicated that the addition of pelvic floor electromyography might increase the accuracy of this assessment. Despite this recommendation, uroflowmetry in combination with electromyography has not been conducted in a healthy population. The initial objective of this study was to examine whether adding electromyography to standard uroflowmetry in a healthy paediatric population would change the representation of parameters, especially of voiding patterns. In addition, the influence of several factors on uroflow parameters was analysed to complement current literature.

Conditions

• Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
• Urologic Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Uroflow	Isolated uroflow measurement
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Uroflow/EMG	Uroflow measurement with superficial EMG testing of the pelvic floor
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	US	Ultrasound of post void residual urine

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2017-05-01
• Completion: 2017-06-01
• First posted: 2017-11-13
• Last updated: 2017-11-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium