Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Among Physiotherapy Students Before and After "Women Health" Course

NCT03917615 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 123/19
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study aim is to evaluate the ability to correctly contract pelvic floor muscle among physiotherapy students before and after "women health" course. Pelvic floor muscle contraction will be evaluated via transabdominal ultrasound.

Conditions

Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness

Keywords

pelvic diaphragm, Physiotherapy students, education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• direction of urinary bladder displacement during contraction

  upward or downward displacement of urinary bladder will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound

  baseline

• urinary bladder displacement in millimeters

  bladder displacement will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound using the on screen caliper tool

  baseline

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• pelvic floor muscles endurance of contraction in seconds

  baseline

Study Arms (2)

after "women health" course

EXPERIMENTAL

The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle

Other: pelvic floor contraction

before "women health" course

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle

Other: pelvic floor contraction

Interventions

pelvic floor contraction OTHER

Ultrasound examination will be performed to asses urinary bladder displacement being a marker for pelvic floor muscle function

after "women health" course; before "women health" course

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 40 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• healthy students
• willing to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• has been treated before for pelvic floor rehabilitation
• active urinary tract infection
• pregnancy
• previous abdominal surgeries

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Haifa: lead

Study Sites (1)

Haifa University, Department of PHysical Therapy

Haifa, Israel

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ben Ami N, Dar G. What is the most effective verbal instruction for correctly contracting the pelvic floor muscles? Neurourol Urodyn. 2018 Nov;37(8):2904-2910. doi: 10.1002/nau.23810. Epub 2018 Aug 28.

  PMID: 30152550 RESULT

Study Officials

• Gali Dar, PhD

  University of Haifa

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants will not know the aim of study
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: 2 groups according to the year of physiotherapy school.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2019
• First Posted: April 17, 2019
• Study Start: April 8, 2019
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2019
• Study Completion: June 1, 2019
• Last Updated: July 30, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: one year

Locations

IL (1)