NCT03858452

Relations Between Pelvic Floor, Diaphragm and Trunk Muscles

Evaluation of Functional Relations and Their Changes Between Pelvic Floor, Diaphragm and Trunk Muscles in Men After Radical Prostatectomy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 148 (actual)
• Sponsor: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 45 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present study evaluates the functional relations of pelvic floor, diaphragm, and torso muscles, their variation and correlations with urinary incontinence while separately training physical characteristics of the mentioned muscles in men after radical prostatectomy.

Detailed description

During the last two decades, the connection between pelvic floor muscles (PFM) and abdominal muscles or diaphragm has been detected: PFM contract and relax during the inhalation and exhalation in pace with the diaphragm; the activity of the PFM increases with the increase of intra-abdominal pressure during forced exhalations or cough. The role of pelvic floor is essential for the synergy of diaphragm and abdominal muscles in maintenance of intra-abdominal pressure. According to the aforementioned physiological functional relationships, the investigators have postulated a hypothesis that diaphragm muscles training and abdominal muscles training could have similar effect as direct PFM training on pelvic floor muscles strength and pelvic floor muscles endurance measured using perineometer in men after radical prostatectomy.

Conditions

• Prostate Cancer
• Urinary Incontinence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Muscles exercises program

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2012-05-30
• Completion: 2012-12-30
• First posted: 2019-02-28
• Last updated: 2019-02-28