NCT03938779

Stress Urinary Incontinence in Elite Athletes

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Stress Urinary Incontinence in Elite Athletes . Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A protocol of pelvic floor muscles training (PFMT) in elite athletes was applied. They will do it for 4 months. Then re-evaluated.

Detailed description

The athletes of the Portuguese national female's volleyball team were evaluated through perineometry, pad-test and Kings health questionnaire. They were taught a plan of pelvic floor muscles training (PFMT) to perform for 4 months. After this time they will be re-evaluated with the same measuring instruments.

Conditions

• Pelvic Floor Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT)	PFMT is a protocol of exercises for prevention and treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence in elite females athletes, volleyball team
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Pad test	Pad test is a standardised test for quantifying urine loss. Pad test is not invasive and provide an easy, inexpensive and objective assessment of urine loss.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-25
• Primary completion: 2019-04-25
• Completion: 2019-08-04
• First posted: 2019-05-06
• Last updated: 2019-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal