Effectiveness of Adding Voluntary Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction to a Pilates Exercises Program

NCT02748473 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: LTS-001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 57
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Adding voluntary pelvic floor muscle contraction to a Pilates exercises program can improve the pelvic floor muscle strength on sedentary nulliparous women.

Conditions

Sedentary Lifestyle

Keywords

Pilates exercises; pelvic floor muscle contraction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• change in Oxford Scale

  evaluated the oxford scale

  baseline and 3 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• change in pubovisceral muscle thickness

  baseline and 3 months

• change in levator hiatus area

  baseline and 3 months

• change in vaginal pressure

  baseline and 3 months

Study Arms (2)

pelvic floor muscle strength

OTHER

evaluated pelvic floor muscle strength before and after Pilates exercises program on sedentary nulliparous women

Other: Pilates Exercises program; Other: Pelvic floor muscle strength; Other: 3D perineal ultrasound

Device: 3D perineal ultrasound

OTHER

evaluated the pubovisceral muscle thickness and the levator hiatus area before and after Pilates exercises program on sedentary nulliparous women

Other: Pilates Exercises program; Other: 3D perineal ultrasound

Interventions

Pilates Exercises program OTHER

The volunteers were divided in two groups: Group I: Pilates exercise program involving only the Pilates exercises protocol Group II: Pilates exercises program with voluntary pelvic floor muscle contraction. The protocol of both groups consisted of 24 bi-weekly 1-h individual sessions of Pilates exercises program. Both groups performed the same protocol . For the group PEP + PFMC the instructor asked for the maximum contraction muscle of the pelvic floor muscle, during expirations with 5 repetitions performed alternately, thus avoiding pelvic floor muscle exhaustion. After the 24 sessions, both groups were retested with the same measured methods of the baseline.

Device: 3D perineal ultrasound; pelvic floor muscle strength

Pelvic floor muscle strength OTHER

evaluated the pelvic floor strength by oxford scale and vaginal pressure before and after the 12 sessions with Pilates Exercises Program on sedentary nulliparous women

pelvic floor muscle strength

3D perineal ultrasound OTHER

evaluated the pubovisceral muscle thickness and levator hiatus area by 3D perineal ultrasound before and after the 12 sessions with Pilates Exercises Program on sedentary nulliparous women

Device: 3D perineal ultrasound; pelvic floor muscle strength

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• healthy women (without any gynecologic/neurologic disease)
• sedentary women (do not practice regularly physical activities)
• nulliparous,
• on reproductive age
• with no history of pelvic floor disorders
• capable to perform correct PFMC.

You may not qualify if:

• Women were not included if they were not able to perform a correct PFMC.
• Potential subjects were excluded if they had chronic degenerative diseases affecting muscular and nerve tissues, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease or overt neurological conditions,
• pregnancy,
• autoimmune connective tissue disorders
• had previously undergone pelvic floor re-education programs and/or pelvic floor surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Federal University of São Paulo: lead
• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2016
• First Posted: April 22, 2016
• Study Start: May 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2013
• Study Completion: September 1, 2015
• Last Updated: April 25, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-04