Clinical Trial: Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Hypopressive Exercises for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Impact of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Hypopressive Exercises in Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief Summary: To verify if pelvic floor muscle training program and/or a hypopressive exercise program could improve women with stage II of pelvic organ prolapse, their symptoms or pelvic floor muscle strength.
Detailed Summary: To verify if three months of an exercise program could improve stage II of pelvic organ prolapse, as a conservative treatment.
Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
Current Primary Outcome: Pelvic floor muscle changes [ Time Frame: 3 months after the begining of treatment ]
Digital palpation - Evaluates the pelvic floor muscle contraction and assign values according to scales: Oxford (previously validated) and muscular endurance (measured in seconds)
Surface electromyography - evaluates the electrical activity generated by activation of motor units of pelvic floor muscles - during the rest and during the maximum voluntary contraction
2D perineal ultrasound - evaluates the cross sectional area of levator ani muscle.
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome: Pelvic Organ Prolapse changes [ Time Frame: 3 months after the begining of treatment ]
Quantification of stage of pelvic organ prolapse. Measured during gynecology exam by pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q)exam.
Measure of changes in symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse using a questionnaire.
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: Federal University of São Paulo
Dates:
Date Received: September 1, 2010
Date Started: January 2008
Date Completion: January 2011
Last Updated: September 7, 2010
Last Verified: August 2010
