Effect of Pilates Exercises on Stress Urinary Incontinence in Posmenopausal Women

NCT ID: NCT06376903

Last Updated: 2024-04-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-04-20
• Study Completion Date: 2024-09-20

Brief Summary

• This study will be conducted to determine the effect of pilates exercises on stress urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women

Detailed Description

Pilates exercises help in the controlled movement of the core, that act as a corset and it activates both core muscle and synergistically the PFM. (Trantafylidis, 2009).

There is limited evidence regarding the use of Pilates exercises for the management of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in older women (Keri, 2013; Pyria et al, 2021). So this study will be conducted to determine the effect of Pilates exercises on SUI in postmenopausal women which provide an insight about the benefits of such exercise on postmenopausal SUI.

Conditions

Urinary Stress Incontinence

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Study group ; of pilates exercises,Kegel exercises,and home care advices.advices

•study group : It will be consisted of thirty postmenopausal women suffering from mild and moderate stress urinary incontinence, will perform program of pilates exercises, 3 sessions/week (30 minutes a session ) for 12 weeks in addition to Kegel exercises (15min/three times per week/ for 12 weeks) and home care advices.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Pilates exercise - pelvic floor exercise - home advices

Intervention Type: OTHER

Group (A) (Study group): It will be consisted of thirty postmenopausal women suffering from mild and moderate stress urinary incontinence, will perform program of pilates exercises, 3 sessions/week (30 minutes a session ) for 12 weeks in addition to Kegel exercises (15min/three times per week/ for 12 weeks) and home care advices.

• Group (B) (Controlled group): It will be consisted of thirty postmenopausal women suffering from mild and moderate stress urinary incontinence, will perform kegel exercises (15min/three times per week/ for 12 weeks) and home care advices as in group (A).

Controlled group;Kegel exercises,and home care advices.

Controlled group : It will be consisted of thirty postmenopausal women suffering from mild and moderate stress urinary incontinence, will perform kegel exercises (15min/three times per week/ for 12 weeks) and home care advices as in group (A).

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Pilates exercise - pelvic floor exercise - home advices

Intervention Type: OTHER

Group (A) (Study group): It will be consisted of thirty postmenopausal women suffering from mild and moderate stress urinary incontinence, will perform program of pilates exercises, 3 sessions/week (30 minutes a session ) for 12 weeks in addition to Kegel exercises (15min/three times per week/ for 12 weeks) and home care advices.

• Group (B) (Controlled group): It will be consisted of thirty postmenopausal women suffering from mild and moderate stress urinary incontinence, will perform kegel exercises (15min/three times per week/ for 12 weeks) and home care advices as in group (A).

Interventions

Pilates exercise - pelvic floor exercise - home advices

Group (A) (Study group): It will be consisted of thirty postmenopausal women suffering from mild and moderate stress urinary incontinence, will perform program of pilates exercises, 3 sessions/week (30 minutes a session ) for 12 weeks in addition to Kegel exercises (15min/three times per week/ for 12 weeks) and home care advices.

• Group (B) (Controlled group): It will be consisted of thirty postmenopausal women suffering from mild and moderate stress urinary incontinence, will perform kegel exercises (15min/three times per week/ for 12 weeks) and home care advices as in group (A).

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Pelvic floor exercise - home care advices

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Their ages will range from 50-60 years old .
• Their BMI will be less than 30kg/m2 .
• All of them suffer from mild to moderate degree of SUI .
• All of them delivered vaginally.
• All are multipara with 2 or more children.
• All are of sedentary life style.

Exclusion Criteria

• Previous bladder surgery.
• Post pelvic radiotherapy.
• Vaginal/abdominal hysterectomy.
• Vaginal infection.
• Severe urinary tract infection.
• Uterine Prolapse

• Minimum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Eslam Mohmedy Mosa

Cairo university

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

MANAL AHMED EL-SHAFEI, PHD

Role: CONTACT

Manalpt1989@gmail.com

+201220664518 ext. +201220664518

AZZA BARAMOUD kASSAB, PHD

Role: CONTACT

drazzakassab@yahoo.com

+201008410312

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/004860

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id