Perineal Massage Combined With Hip Joint Training

Pelvic Floor Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Perineal Massage Combined With Hip Joint Training on Pelvic Floor Function

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06359366
• Other study ID #: ShenzhenH-guo
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 10, 2024
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Shenzhen Hospital of Southern Medical University
• Contact: zonglian guo, master
• Phone: +8615626450423
• Email: zonglianguo[@]foxmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if perineal massage combined with hip joint training works to improve pelvic function (urinary incontinence, constipation and hip motion) in pregnant women. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does the perineal massage combined with hip joint training lower the prevalence of participants who have urinary incontinence and constipation? Does the perineal massage combined with hip joint training improve the flexibility of the hip joint? Researchers will compare an intervention (perineal massage combined with hip joint training) to a comparison(regular training and treatment) to see if the intervention (perineal massage combined with hip joint training) works to improve pelvic function.

Participants will:

receive the intervention (perineal massage combined with hip joint training ) or regular training and treatment fifth a week at 36 weeks gestation before participants receive first-time intervention, they complete Demographic sociological , ICI-Q-LF, Wexner constipation and hip motion questionnaires

Description:

Women experience varying degrees of damage to the female reproductive and urinary muscle groups during pregnancy and delivery, which can lead to a series of pelvic floor disorders, for example, pelvic organ prolapse (POP), urinary incontinence(UI), chronic constipation (CC) and other syndrome, reducing the quality of life.

This study examined the effect of perineal massage combined with hip joint training on pelvic floor function, especially on UI, CC and hip motion. This is a parallel randomised control trial. The researchers will recruit participants from the obstetrics outpatient ward. Pregnant women attending the maternity clinic who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be randomly selected and sign informed consent, then the enrolled population was randomly assigned to each group using sealed envelopes.

The intervention group will receive perineal massage combined with hip joint training; the comparison group will receive regular training.

The primary outcome is the ICI-Q-LF score; Wexner constipation score; and the secondary outcome is hip motion.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 108
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• singleton pregnant women

• primipara;

• signed informed consent voluntarily

• 36 weeks gestation;

• no pregnancy complication

Exclusion Criteria:

• pluripara;

• multiple pregnancies;

• pregnant women with mental or cognitive disabilities;

• scarred uterus;

• pelvic surgery history;

• urinary incontinence before pregnancy history;

• obstipation before pregnancy history

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pelvic Floor Disorders

Intervention

Procedure:
• perineal massage combined hip joint training
pregnant women take the lithotomy position, disinfect the vulva, and wear sterile gloves. Then thumbs, forefingers, and middle fingers dip massage oil to do a 2 minutes pressurized dilatation massage from inside to outside gently to loosen the fascia. Then rest 30s. All steps need to be repeated 2 to 3 times. When the pregnant women feel a slight sense of acidity and tingling sensation disappears, researchers sterilize the perineal body again. left side pelvic floor receives the same intervention as right. The whole process takes 15-20min, 5 times a week until delivery. Additionally, while using the pelvic floor fascia manipulation, pregnant women are instructed to perform specific movements of internal and external hip rotation, adduction and abduction, upward and downward.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Shenzhen Hospital of Southern Medical University

References & Publications (6)

Cong X. Construction of evidence-based practice plan for postpartum pelvic floor rehabilitation management [D]. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, 2024.

Glazener C, Elders A, MacArthur C, Lancashire RJ, Herbison P, Hagen S, Dean N, Bain C, Toozs-Hobson P, Richardson K, McDonald A, McPherson G, Wilson D; ProLong Study Group. Childbirth and prolapse: long-term associations with the symptoms and objective measurement of pelvic organ prolapse. BJOG. 2013 Jan;120(2):161-168. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.12075. Epub 2012 Nov 27. — View Citation

Jaekel AK, Kirschner-Hermanns R, Knupfer SC. [Diagnostic testing of female urinary incontinence: dos and dont's]. Aktuelle Urol. 2021 Jun;52(3):237-244. doi: 10.1055/a-1492-5287. Epub 2021 May 21. German. — View Citation

Walker GJ, Gunasekera P. Pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence in developing countries: review of prevalence and risk factors. Int Urogynecol J. 2011 Feb;22(2):127-35. doi: 10.1007/s00192-010-1215-0. Epub 2010 Jul 9. — View Citation

Wang X,Li YJ,Deng ML.et al.Analysis of prevalence and risk factors of pelvic floor dysfunction in pregnant women[J].Nursing Research,2012,26(18):1636-1638

Woodley SJ, Lawrenson P, Boyle R, Cody JD, Morkved S, Kernohan A, Hay-Smith EJC. Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 May 6;5(5):CD007471. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007471.pub4. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	pelvic floor function(constipation)	using the Wexner Constipation Scoring System (lowest score, 0; Highest score, 30, contain 8 questions) to assess the outcomes of constipation. total score greater than 15 indicates constipation.the higher the score, the more difficult it is to defecate.	the outcomes will be assessed at 1.before the first time intervention at 36 gestational age. 2.receive intervention 10 times during two weeks(5 times/week). the results will reported through study completion, an average 3 months.
Primary	pelvic floor function (urinary incontinence score)	using the ICI-Q-SF (containing 4 questions) to assess the degree of urinary incontinence. the higher the score, the worse the incontinence.	the outcomes will be assessed at 1.before the first time intervention at 36 gestational age. 2.receive intervention 10 times during two weeks(5 times/week). the results will reported through study completion, an average 3 months.
Secondary	hip motion	The standard human range of motion scale(hip motion scale). Hip motion was measured under different exercise types.	the outcomes will be assessed at 1.before the first time intervention at 36 gestational age. 2.receive intervention 10 times during two weeks(5 times/week). the results will reported through study completion, an average 3 months.