The Relationship Between Pelvic Floor Muscle Function and Hip Pain Among Women

NCT ID: NCT06470620

Last Updated: 2025-04-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-09-15

Brief Summary

This study examines the relationship between pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function and self-perception of PFM contraction with hip pain, their severity, and hip muscle strength.

In addition, it will examines the association between PFM function, and anxiety.

Detailed Description

This cross-sectional study will include women with symptoms of hip-related pain persisting > three months(research group), and women without hip pain (control group). A single session will include various assessments as follows: abdominal ultrasound examination to evaluate PFM function and endurance, in addition, each participant will evaluate her ability to perform correct contraction of PFM, hand-held dynamometer testing for hip rotator muscle strength, the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire (ICIQ) for evaluating symptoms and impact of urinary incontinence, the International Hip Outcome Tool 12 for assessing hip function and pain, the Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale (HADS), and a functional performance task involving the hip muscles - a single-leg squat.

Conditions

Incontinence Stress; Incontinence; Hip Pain Chronic

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

research group

women with hip-related pain

pelvic floor muscle assessment

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

no intervention will be performed - several diagnostic assessments tools

control group

healthy women without hip pain

pelvic floor muscle assessment

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

no intervention will be performed - several diagnostic assessments tools

Interventions

pelvic floor muscle assessment

no intervention will be performed - several diagnostic assessments tools

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Other Intervention Names

abdominal ultrasound

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• complaints of hip related pain,
• Visual Analog Scale (VAS) >3 for three months,
• with one or more of the symptoms relevant to the syndrome - (1) hip or groin pain produced by a certain movement or position, stiffness and limitation of movement or clicks from the hip joint, (2) examination A positive FADIR performed by the researcher before conducting the study

Exclusion Criteria

• the presence of additional diagnoses of the slipped capital femoral epiphysis,
• Perthes disease,
• avascular necrosis, and osteoarthritis-Calve-Legg,
• neurological or Metabolism,
• surgery/fracture in the hip joint of which the woman complains,
• pregnancy or childbirth in the last year,
• Treatment of the pelvic floor in the last year.

control group - health women without any pain or symptoms in the spine and lower extremities

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Haifa

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Gali Dar

PHD, Prof.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Gali Dar, Prof.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Haifa

Locations

Haifa University, Department of PHysical Therapy

Haifa, Haifa District, Israel

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Israel

Central Contacts

Gali Dar, Prof

Role: CONTACT

galidar@yahoo.com

0505662054

References

Dar G, Saban TS. The Perception of Pelvic Floor Muscle Function amongst Exercising Women Who Are Repeatedly Instructed to Contract Their Pelvic Floor Muscles. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Sep 14;10(9):1768. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10091768.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 36141380 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

122/24

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id