Stress Urinary Incontinence in Elite Athletes

Pelvic Floor Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Stress Urinary Incontinence in Elite Athletes . Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03938779
• Other study ID #: 25/2017
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 25, 2019
• Est. completion date: August 4, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: July 2019
• Source: University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
• Contact: Telma F Pires, MSc
• Phone: +351 936 972 003
• Email: telmafilipapires[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A protocol of pelvic floor muscles training (PFMT) in elite athletes was applied. They will do it for 4 months. Then re-evaluated.

Description:

The athletes of the Portuguese national female's volleyball team were evaluated through perineometry, pad-test and Kings health questionnaire. They were taught a plan of pelvic floor muscles training (PFMT) to perform for 4 months. After this time they will be re-evaluated with the same measuring instruments.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 15
• Est. completion date: August 4, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: April 25, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 15 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Elite female athletes

• Nulliparous

• Volleyball team.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to contract the PFM, elderly

• Prolapse of the pelvic organs.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Enuresis
• Pelvic Floor Disorders
• Urinary Incontinence
• Urinary Incontinence, Stress

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT)
PFMT is a protocol of exercises for prevention and treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence in elite females athletes, volleyball team

Diagnostic Test:
• Pad test
Pad test is a standardised test for quantifying urine loss. Pad test is not invasive and provide an easy, inexpensive and objective assessment of urine loss.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Portugal	Telma Filipa Rodrigues Pereira Pires	Vila Real	Trás-os-Montes E Alto Douro

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Portugal, 

References & Publications (3)

Da Roza T, de Araujo MP, Viana R, Viana S, Jorge RN, Bø K, Mascarenhas T. Pelvic floor muscle training to improve urinary incontinence in young, nulliparous sport students: a pilot study. Int Urogynecol J. 2012 Aug;23(8):1069-73. doi: 10.1007/s00192-012-1 — View Citation

Mørkved S, Bø K. Effect of pelvic floor muscle training during pregnancy and after childbirth on prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence: a systematic review. Br J Sports Med. 2014 Feb;48(4):299-310. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091758. Epub 2013 J — View Citation

Oliveira M, Ferreira M, Azevedo MJ, Firmino-Machado J, Santos PC. Pelvic floor muscle training protocol for stress urinary incontinence in women: A systematic review. Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2017 Jul;63(7):642-650. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.63.07.642. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Kings Health Questionnaire (KHQ)	Was constructed in order to assess the impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life women, also evaluating urinary symptoms and subjective measures of severity. The KHQ is composed of 21 items investigating nine domains and it evaluates the agreement of the subjects on a 4- and 5- option Likert scale: general health perceptions (1item), incontinence impact (1 item), role limitations (2 items), physical limitations (2 items), social limitations (2 items), personal relationships (3 items), emotions (3 items), sleep and energy (2 items) and severity measures (5 items). Additionally, it has an independent subscale designed as a Symptom Severity Scale, which contains 11 items, measuring the presence and severity of urinary symptoms (Appendix 5). The KHQ scored from a minimum of 0 (best QoL) to a maximum of 100 (worst QoL), scored by every domain and by their global score. Scores of independent subscale (Symptom Severity Scale) was calculated in the same way.	10 minutes
Primary	Pad-test (Short-term)	The pad test is a standardised test for quantifying urine loss.	2 hour 30 min