NCT03520166

Use of Medium Frequency Electrotherapy in the Treatment of OAB, LUTS and Pelvic Pain

Treatment of Overactive Bladder, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Pelvic Pain With Medium Frequency Electrotherapy (Interferential Currents)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fisioterapia Pélvica Avanzada Madrid, SRL · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of medium frequency electrotherapy (interferential currents) treatment for overactive bladder (OAB), lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and pelvic pain

Detailed description

This study consists of 100 women, complaining of increased bladder sensation and urgency with or without incontinence as principal symptomatology and who had not received previous pharmacological treatment. Group-A was used as a control group (n = 50). Group-B patients received 18 sessions of medium frequency electrotherapy during 9 weeks, 2 weekly sessions

Conditions

• Urinary Bladder, Overactive
• Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
• Pelvic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Medium frequency electrotherapy (interferential currents)	Treatment with medium frequency electrotherapy, interferential currents between 5500 Hz and 8500 Hz (Combi-200®, Gymna®), was performed using transvaginal application. The frequency was increased progressively over the first six sessions (twice a week), starting with a frequency of 5500 Hz until reaching a frequency of 8500 Hz, which remained until the end of treatment.
OTHER	No treatment	No treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-10
• Primary completion: 2017-06-15
• Completion: 2017-06-30
• First posted: 2018-05-09
• Last updated: 2018-05-09