Urinary Incontinence and Practice of Physical Exercises

NCT ID: NCT00906854

Last Updated: 2009-05-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 108 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2008-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2008-10-31

Brief Summary

Introduction: Urinary incontinence is often seen as a problem that affects multipara and old-aged women, however, there is evidence that during high impact physical activity, mainly, or those ones which promote a sudden increase of intra-abdominal pressure, this symptom is common, even among young women, physically active, and without known risk factors.

Objective: Evaluate the prevalence of urinary incontinence in nulliparous and nulligest women who regularly practice physical activities.

Method: 108 women, nulliparous and nulligest, average age 23.9 years old (from 18 to 30 years old) who exercise regularly. They were divided into 3 groups according to the regular practice of exercise forms, they are (G1) weight training, (G2) aerobic exercises, included jump, step and dancing classes, and (G3) swimming (crawl mode). All participants were questioned about the perception of leakage of urine during the practice of exercises. The established exclusion criterion included: surgeries of urinary tract, urinary infections, gestations, child-birth, advanced aged, obesity, sedentariness and practice of only one form of physical activity.

Detailed Description

The assessment was carried out in academies of the city of Franca. All participants were questioned about the perception of loss of urine during the practice of exercises.

Conditions

Urinary Incontinence

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT

Study Groups

Group I

practice of weight training exercises

No interventions assigned to this group

Group II

aerobic exercises as part of lessons jump, step and dance classes

No interventions assigned to this group

Group III

swimming (crawl mode)

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• practice of exercises

Exclusion Criteria

• surgeries of urinary tract
• urinary infections
• gestations
• child-birth
• advanced aged
• obesity
• sedentary and practice of only one form of physical activity

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Universidade de Franca

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Universidade de Franca

Principal Investigators

Lislei Patrizzi

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Universidade de Franca

Other Identifiers

0061/08

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id