NCT03516266

A Cross-sectional Study of Female Pelvic Floor Muscle Function in Chinese Healthy Female

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 7,920 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Peking Union Medical College Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate the status of pelvic floor function of healthy female in China, including premenopausal nullipara, premenopausal women with childbirth and postmenopausal women.

Detailed description

This is a cross-sectional survey. The normal physical examination population is divided into three groups,including premenopausal nullipara, premenopausal women with childbirth and postmenopausal women. The pelvic floor muscle function in three groups are evaluated. The modified Oxford Grading Scale and Levator ani testing is used to quantify PFM strength through vaginal palpation. Pelvic floor muscle strength ,endurance, repetition,vaginal contraction pressure and the knack test are evaluated using a PHENIX USB 8 neuromuscular stimulation therapy system (Company: Vivaltis-Electronic Concept Lignon Innovation, Montpellier, France). In six different regions of China according to geographic region (northwest, southwest, north, east, northeast, and central-south China) , 1 or more hospitals in each area are selected as sub-centers, which needs to complete the evaluation of pelvic floor muscle function of 360 cases in 3 groups totally.

Conditions

• Pelvic Floor

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-10
• Primary completion: 2020-12-31
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2018-05-04
• Last updated: 2018-05-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China