NCT06212349

Therapeutic-educational Physiotherapy on Pain, Physical-functionality and Quality of Life in Women With Endometriosis.

Effect of a Therapeutic-educational Physiotherapy Program on Pain and the Physical-functional Sphere in Women With Endometriosis and Its Impact on Quality of Life

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a randomized clinical trial that will be carried out in women with endometriosis divided into two groups: the experimental group (EG) that will receive therapeutic-educational physiotherapy, which will combine therapeutic exercise with a pain education program, and the control group (CG) who will receive the pain education program. The participants will be evaluated at three moments: before starting the study (T1), after the 8-week treatment program (T2) and after another 8 weeks of follow-up in which they will be encouraged to continue with the treatment (T3). The initial assessment will include a medical and physiotherapy history, and at T1, T2 and T3 the following will be assessed: pain, abdominopelvic mobility, muscle status, functionality, sexual function, quality of life, stress and biomarkers of chronic inflammation.

Conditions

• Endometriosis
• Chronic Pain
• Women's Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	therapeutic-educational physiotherapy and pain education program	The EG will carry out a total of 24 sessions, at a rate of 3 weekly sessions of 30 minutes each. The first session of each month will be in person and the rest will be done at home following video tutorials with an App (https://fisiotrack.com). The face-to-face sessions will be conducted by a women's health physiotherapist, and will consist on therapeutic exercises based on body awareness, motor control and respiratory awareness.They will also receive a pain education program with indications on pain education, as well as basic information and general advice on the positive effects of physical activity and a healthy lifestyle for endometriosis. In addition, biweekly supervision will be carried out via telephone or video conference by a specialized physiotherapist.
OTHER	pain education program	They will receive instructions on pain education, as well as basic information and general advice about the positive effects of physical activity and a healthy lifestyle for your endometriosis, in writing via email. In addition, they will receive biweekly supervision via telephone or video conference by a specialized physical therapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-09
• Primary completion: 2024-12-14
• Completion: 2026-12-22
• First posted: 2024-01-18
• Last updated: 2025-01-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain