Treatment of Enuresis Nocturna by Circular Muscle Exercise (Paula Method)

Monosymptomatic Enuresis Nocturna Clinical Trial

Official title:

Treatment of Enuresis Nocturna by Circular Muscle Exercise (Paula Method)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00404638
• Other study ID #: 004192
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 28, 2006
• Last updated: November 28, 2006
• Start date: December 2006

Study information

• Verified date: November 2006
• Source: Rabin Medical Center
• Contact: Herman A Cohen, MD
• Phone: 972-3-9398203
• Email: hermanc[@]clalit.org.il
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Israel: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Several treatment modalities for children suffering from monosymptomathic nocturnal enuresis are available including drugs, alarms, acupuncture, pelvic floor training and biofeedback. The aim of this study is to to test if Paula Method (circular muscle exercise) can be an another treatment modality.

Description:

Paula method is based on circular muscle exercises. The theory behind the Paula method is that all sphincters in the human body work simultaneosly, mutually affecting one another possibly mediated by "oscillation" of the spinal cord. According to this theory, exercising the ring muscles in a certain area of the body will result in strengthening the circular muscles in other areas. This method was found to to be efficacious for treatment of urinary stress incontinence in women.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 5 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. age- 7 to 15 years old suffering from monosymptomatic enuresis nocturna

2. informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. UTI

2. neurological diseases or syndromes

3. metabolic disesaes

4. congenital disease or malformation of the urinary tract

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Enuresis
• Monosymptomatic Enuresis Nocturna
• Nocturnal Enuresis

Intervention

Drug:
• Desmopresin

Behavioral:
• Paula Method of Circular Muscle Exercise

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Campus Rabin	Petach- Tikva
Israel	Campus Golda Hospital	Petach-Tikva

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rabin Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel,