Posturography Rehabilitation and Pelvic Floor Training on Urinary Incontinence in Women

NCT ID: NCT07337278

Last Updated: 2026-01-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 78 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-11-20
• Study Completion Date: 2026-03-31

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether lumbopelvic postural rehabilitation combined with pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is more effective than PFMT alone in women with urinary incontinence. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does the addition of lumbopelvic postural rehabilitation improve the severity of urinary incontinence as measured by the ICIQ-UI-SF questionnaire?
• Does it improve urinary symptom profile, pelvic floor muscle strength, patient-reported overall improvement, and quality of life compared to PFMT alone?

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups:

• Experimental group (Group A): PFMT (3 sessions/week) plus lumbopelvic postural rehabilitation (2 sessions/week) for 12 weeks.
• Control group (Group B): PFMT alone (3 sessions/week) for 12 weeks. Participants will perform pelvic floor exercises in supine and seated positions, with supervised sessions at the hospital and home exercises. Postural rehabilitation includes stability and mobility exercises for the lumbopelvic region using Posturography. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline, at 6 weeks, and at 12 weeks.

Conditions

Urinary Incontinence

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Combined Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Posturography Rehabilitation

Participants receive pelvic floor muscle training combined with lumbopelvic rehabilitation using posturography for a total duration of 12 weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Posturography Rehabilitation

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Postural rehabilitation consists of seated exercises focusing on stability and mobility of the lumbopelvic region, using posturography. Sessions last 30 minutes, conducted twice weekly, over a total duration of 12 weeks.

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Pelvic floor training consists of voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles, using short, rapid contractions combined with slow, sustained contractions, aimed at improving strength and endurance. Training is performed in supine and seated positions, with one supervised session per week at the hospital and three home sessions per week, over a total duration of 12 weeks.

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Alone

Participants receive pelvic floor muscle training alone for a total duration of 12 weeks.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Pelvic floor training consists of voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles, using short, rapid contractions combined with slow, sustained contractions, aimed at improving strength and endurance. Training is performed in supine and seated positions, with one supervised session per week at the hospital and three home sessions per week, over a total duration of 12 weeks.

Interventions

Posturography Rehabilitation

Postural rehabilitation consists of seated exercises focusing on stability and mobility of the lumbopelvic region, using posturography. Sessions last 30 minutes, conducted twice weekly, over a total duration of 12 weeks.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training

Pelvic floor training consists of voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles, using short, rapid contractions combined with slow, sustained contractions, aimed at improving strength and endurance. Training is performed in supine and seated positions, with one supervised session per week at the hospital and three home sessions per week, over a total duration of 12 weeks.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Female participants aged between 18 and 65 years
• Presence of clinical signs of urinary incontinence (stress urinary incontinence and/or urge urinary incontinence and/or mixed urinary incontinence) diagnosed according to the International Continence Society (ICS) terminology
• USP (urinary symptom profile) scores for stress urinary incontinence and/or overactive bladder ≥ 1
• Normal neuro-perineal examination
• Written informed consent provided prior to participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Known detrusor overactivity or reduced bladder compliance of neurological origin
• Associated voiding dysfunction, defined as a Urinary Symptom Profile (USP) dysuria subscale score ≥ 1
• Known organic or morphological pathology of the lower urinary tract
• Pelvic organ prolapse grade II or higher according to the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification system (POP-Q)
• Current urinary tract infection or vaginal infection
• Cognitive or visual impairments that may interfere with understanding or performing the exercise program
• Pregnant women or women within 10 months postpartum
• Anticholinergic medication use or hormone replacement therapy within the last 6 months
• Recent pelvic or abdominal surgery within the last 6 months

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Mohammed V University in Rabat

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Khaoula Mestour

Resident in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Al Ayachi Hospital, CHU Ibn Sina

Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Morocco

Central Contacts

Khaoula Mestour

Role: CONTACT

khaoulamestour00@gmail.com

+212 6 17 70 82 62

Facility Contacts

Khaoula Mestour

Role: primary

khaoulamestour00@gmail.com

+212 6 17 70 82 62

Other Identifiers

UM5-MPR-2025-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id