NCT04590157

Neuromodulation Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Stress Urinary Incontinence

Neuromodulation Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Lama Saad El-Din Mahmoud · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 30 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

background:Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the most common type of urinary incontinence in women, as it involves involuntary leakage of urine , the current study was To determine the neuromodulation effect of Laser Therapy on Neurogenic Acupoints in female with stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Detailed description

Thirty women with SUI were randomly divided into two equal groups; the control group received pelvic floor muscle training , while the study group received the same pelvic floor muscle training in addition to laser acupuncture on neurogenic acupoints . The outcome measures were pelvic floor muscle strength (PFMS) , SUI severity assessed by Severity Index (SI) , and Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF). The outcome measures were assessed pre- and post-rehabilitation program.

Conditions

• Stress Urinary Incontinence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Low Level Laser Therapy	Laser Acupuncture application on Neurogenic Acupoints: the treatment based upon the use of low power laser light to stimulate acupuncture points
OTHER	Pelvic floor muscle training	exercise prodram as follow: from supine lying position with legs slightly apart the patient asked to contract the pelvic muscles as hard as possible and hold for 10 seconds

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-15
• Primary completion: 2020-12-15
• Completion: 2020-12-30
• First posted: 2020-10-19
• Last updated: 2020-10-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt