Effectiveness of a Hip Abductor Training in Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence

NCT ID: NCT05635175

Last Updated: 2025-09-24

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

78 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-28

Study Completion Date

2026-09-23

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

Urinary incontinence (UI) is estimated to affect 25% à 45 % women all over the world. UI is associated with a poor Quality of life, with a strong level of certainty. Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the second more prevalent type of UI . First-line treatment for SUI is conservative, non-drug and non-surgical treatment. Among these techniques, physiotherapist-supervised pelvic floor muscle (PFM) training (PFMT) as a first-line treatment; however, only half of women with SUI are cured with PFMT.

Brain imaging shows that PFMs (involved in continence mechanisms) and gluteal muscles can activate the same cortical region. This synergy is found if the gluteal muscles are voluntarily activated, but not if the PFMs are volontary activated alone . In women, hip abductor physiotherapy is a common practice which has already been the subject of a very extensive literature and has largely shown its effectiveness in the quality of lumbo-pelvic control, balance, quality of life and risk of fall prevention. This rehabilitation is based on exercises that induce solicitation of the hip abductors by synergistic reflex activation during a range of well-known exercises. Recent work has shown the effect of hip abductors on the activation of the PFMs . Until today, there is no literature evaluating the effectiveness of a hip abductors training program without associated voluntary contraction of the PFMs (PPM) on UI. The hypothesis of this work will be to demonstrate that a complementary training focused on the hip abductor, complementary to concomitant PFMT, would benefit from a more significant improvement in continence, and also in physical abilities and quality of life. Because balance seems involved in UI, we therefore propose to to observe the effects on the frontal balance of the pelvis. As the investigators have already done in previous studies, to identifying factors that predict the success of our interventions, investiagtors have planned to evaluate the observance and adherence of our patients .Complementary, the investigators planned to evaluate the effect of both intervention on pelvic floor muscles and hip abductors strength and endurance, pelvic organ prolapse symptoms and quality of life. For this objective, the investigators intend to compare two randomized parallel groups: Group A follow a 12 sessions supervised PFMT + home based PFMs exercices. Group B follow a 12 sessions supervised PFMT + home based hip abductor exercices.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

physiotherapist-supervised pelvic floor muscle training

physiotherapist-supervised pelvic floor muscle (PFM) training (PFMT) and self training PFMT

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard pelvic floor muscle training

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard pelvic floor muscle training

Standard pelvic floor muscle training self training

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard pelvic floor muscle training self training

hip abductors self training program

physiotherapist-supervised pelvic floor muscle (PFM) training (PFMT) and self training hip abductors self training program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

hip abductors physiotherapy self training

Intervention Type OTHER

hip abductors self training program during 7 to 10 weeks associate with a PFMT

Standard pelvic floor muscle training

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard pelvic floor muscle training

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

hip abductors physiotherapy self training

hip abductors self training program during 7 to 10 weeks associate with a PFMT

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard pelvic floor muscle training

Standard pelvic floor muscle training

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard pelvic floor muscle training self training

Standard pelvic floor muscle training self training

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Women ≥ 18 ans
* patient with urinary incontinence according to the ICS criteria \[3\]
* having received a prescription for perineal rehabilitation
* affiliated to french health care insurance
* Patient having read and understood the information letter and signed the consent form
* Effective contraception in women of childbearing age (negative urine pregnancy test). For postmenopausal women, a confirmatory diagnosis must be obtained (amenorrhea for at least 12 months before the inclusion visit)

Exclusion Criteria

* Bladder pathologies (cyst, tumour, interstitial cystitis)
* Neurological pathologies (multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's desease, etc.)
* Pregnant or parturient or breastfeeding woman or absence of proven contraception
* Person deprived of liberty by administrative or judicial decision or a person placed under the safeguard of justice, or guardianship or curatorship
* Physical inability to perform hip abductors exercises (unable to walk or stand independently)
* Women having scheduled continence surgery before the end of physiotherapy sessions at the time of randomization
* Women having at least one of the continence-specific anticholinergic treatments prescribed before the end of the physiotherapy sessions at the time of randomization
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

GIRCI NO

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Rouen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Pôle santé de la Grace Dieu

Caen, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Chu Rouen

Rouen, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Médipôle du Rouvray

Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

France

Central Contacts

Reach out to these primary contacts for questions about participation or study logistics.

Benoit STEENSTRUP, physiotherapist

Role: CONTACT

+33 2 32 88 89 90

Déborah LEBEDIEFF

Role: CONTACT

+33 2 32 88 89 90

Facility Contacts

Find local site contact details for specific facilities participating in the trial.

Guillaume GALLIOU, physiotherapist

Role: primary

+ 33 2 31 83 48 02

Benoit STEENSTRUP, physiotherapist

Role: primary

+ 33 2 32 88 81 55

Claire BRETON, physiotherapist

Role: primary

+ 33 2 35 66 06 38

References

Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.

Stewart WF, Hirsh AG, Kirchner HL, Clarke DN, Litchtenfeld MJ, Minassian VA. Urinary incontinence incidence: quantitative meta-analysis of factors that explain variation. J Urol. 2014 Apr;191(4):996-1002. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.10.050. Epub 2013 Oct 16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24140547 (View on PubMed)

Ebbesen MH, Hunskaar S, Rortveit G, Hannestad YS. Prevalence, incidence and remission of urinary incontinence in women: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT study (EPINCONT). BMC Urol. 2013 May 30;13:27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2490-13-27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23721491 (View on PubMed)

Pizzol D, Demurtas J, Celotto S, Maggi S, Smith L, Angiolelli G, Trott M, Yang L, Veronese N. Urinary incontinence and quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2021 Jan;33(1):25-35. doi: 10.1007/s40520-020-01712-y. Epub 2020 Sep 22.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32964401 (View on PubMed)

Hay-Smith EJC, Starzec-Proserpio M, Moller B, Aldabe D, Cacciari L, Pitangui ACR, Vesentini G, Woodley SJ, Dumoulin C, Frawley HC, Jorge CH, Morin M, Wallace SA, Weatherall M. Comparisons of approaches to pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Dec 20;12(12):CD009508. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009508.pub2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39704322 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

Access external resources that provide additional context or updates about the study.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kine.2018.11.005

Steenstrup B, M. Pavy Lebrun, Aigueperse N, Quemener N, Cheveau S, Confalonieri C, Totte F. Efficacité d'une rééducation sensori-motrice posturale réflexe sur l'incontinence urinaire et l'urgenturie chez la femme. Kinesith Rev. 2019;19(206):12-18

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kine.2014.11.087

Steenstrup B, Behague L, Quehen M. Rééducation posturale avec le jeu virtuel Wii ® en pelvi périnéologie: pourquoi pas? Kinésith Rev. 2015;15(160):45-50

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

2020/0176/HP

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

More Related Trials

Additional clinical trials that may be relevant based on similarity analysis.