Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercise on Body Posture

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercise Via Telerehabilitation on Body Posture and Quality of Life Outcomes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05410704
• Other study ID #: postureandlife
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: May 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
• Contact: Tülay Sevim
• Phone: +905349787081
• Email: tulayulkusevim[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study; It will be done in order to show evidence of the effects of pelvic floor muscle training and diaphragmatic breathing exercise via telerehabilitation on body posture and quality of life in healthy individuals. International Physical Activity Quastionnaire Short Form (IPAQ), Pelvic Floor Impact Quastionnaire Short Form (PFIQ-7), 36-Item Short Form Survey(SF-36) and New York Posture Rating Chart will be applied.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. completion date: May 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Body Mass Index between 18-25

• Being a woman over the age of 18

Exclusion Criteria:

• obstructive or restrictive lung disease

• diagnosed with urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse

• pelvic pain

• history of pelvic surgery

• Any history of spinal, thoracic or abdominal surgery

• To smoke

• cardiac, neurological and rheumatological disease

• Congenital deformity or previous history of surgery in the spine and thorax

• endocrine and metabolic disease

• psychiatric disorders

• cardiological disorders

• malignancy

• Doing regular physical activity or sports for the last 3 months

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Posture
• Diaphragmatic Breathing
• Quality of Life
• Respiratory Aspiration
• Telerehabilitation

Intervention

Other:
• exercises
Pelvic floor muscle exercises and diaphragmatic breathing exercise

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Tülay Ülkü SEVIM	Istanbul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Assessment of Quality of Life	36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36). On the scale, higher scores mean a better outcome. The SF-36 consists of eight scaled scores, which are the weighted sums of the questions in their section. Each scale is directly transformed into a 0-100 scale on the assumption that each question carries equal weight.	baseline
Primary	Assessment of Body Posture	New York Posture Rating Chart. On the scale, each body segment was scored 5 (correct posture), 3 (slight deviation), or 1 (pronounced deviation). The scores of the body alignment segments are summed, allowing a range of overall score between 13 and 65. Higher scores mean a better outcome.	baseline
Secondary	Assessment of Physical Activity Level	International Physical Activity Questionnaire-short form (IPAQ-SF) The questionnaire records the activity of four intensity levels: 1) vigorous-intensity activity such as aerobics, 2) moderate-intensity activity such as leisure cycling, 3) walking, and 4) sitting.	baseline
Secondary	Assessment of Pelvic Floor Muscle Function	Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ). The PFIQ 7 has 7 questions and each question has 3 separate responses. The response to each item of satisfaction, impact and worry was rated from 3 (quite a bit) to 0 (not at all) for the PFIQ-7. The mean value for all the answered items within the corresponding scale (possible value 0-3) was estimated, then multiplied by (100/3) to obtain the scale score, range 0-100. We added the scores from the 3 scales together to obtain the PFIQ 7 summary score (range 0-300).For the scale, a higher score indicates worse health status.	baseline