NCT06964256

Clinical Trial of Abdominal Breathing for Urinary Retention After Spinal Cord Injury

Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of sEMG Monitoring of Lower Abdominal Breathing Training in the Treatment of Urinary Retention After Spinal Cord Injury: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Qilu Hospital of Shandong University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Randomized controlled trials were conducted in patients with urinary retention after spinal cord injury. The effects of abdominal breathing training on pelvic floor muscle tone, muscle strength and residual urine volume in patients with urinary retention after spinal cord injury were observed by Glazer and bladder volume measurement to compare the electromyography value and residual urine volume of pelvic floor muscles at different stages of resting state and contraction state of the two groups, and the subjective feelings of the patients were evaluated in combination with relevant scales. To provide a scientific basis for abdominal breathing as an adjuvant treatment for urinary retention after spinal cord injury.

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
• Urinary Retention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Abdominal breathing exercises	Control group: conventional rehabilitation treatment. Conventional rehabilitation treatment methods include intermittent catheterization and acupuncture. Intermittent catheterization is based on the results of urodynamic examination to develop a personalized drinking plan and the number of catheterization, and the number of catheterization is selected according to the amount of residual urine; Intermittent catheterization can reduce the rate of urinary tract infections, the incidence of urethral stones, and improve bladder capacity. Acupuncture treatment improves the patient's urinary function by acupuncture on the lower abdomen and lumbosacral acupoints once a day, 5 days a week, for a total of 3 weeks Experimental group: Conventional rehabilitation treatment sEMG monitoring of lower abdominal breathing training. The conventional rehabilitation treatment method is the same as above; The specific operation of sEMG abdominal breathing training: ask the patient to empty the bladder befor
OTHER	Control group: intermittent catheterization	Intermittent catheterization is based on the results of urodynamic examination to develop a personalized drinking plan and the number of catheterization, and the number of catheterization is selected according to the amount of residual urine; Intermittent catheterization can reduce the rate of urinary tract infections, the incidence of urethral stones, and improve bladder capacity. Acupuncture treatment improves the patient's urinary function by acupuncture on the lower abdomen and lumbosacral acupoints once a day, 5 days a week, for a total of 3 weeks
BEHAVIORAL	Experimental group: intermittent catheterization	Conventional rehabilitation treatment methods include intermittent catheterization and acupuncture. Intermittent catheterization is based on the results of urodynamic examination to develop a personalized drinking plan and the number of catheterization, and the number of catheterization is selected according to the amount of residual urine; Intermittent catheterization can reduce the rate of urinary tract infections, the incidence of urethral stones, and improve bladder capacity. Acupuncture treatment improves the patient's urinary function by acupuncture on the lower abdomen and lumbosacral acupoints once a day, 5 days a week, for a total of 3 weeks. The specific operation of sEMG abdominal breathing training: ask the patient to empty the bladder before training, the patient to take a supine position, hip and knee flexion 60 degrees (for those who cannot maintain hip and knee flexion in the lower limbs, family members can assist), at the same time, the electrodes are attached to both
OTHER	Control group and experimental group: acupuncture treatment	Acupuncture treatment uses acupuncture to act on the acupuncture points in the lower abdomen and lumbosacral region to improve the patient's urination function

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-06
• Primary completion: 2025-04-27
• Completion: 2025-06-02
• First posted: 2025-05-09
• Last updated: 2025-07-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China