Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Among Physiotherapy Students Before and After Women Health Course

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The study aim is to evaluate the ability to correctly contract pelvic floor muscle among physiotherapy students before and after women health course. Pelvic floor muscle contraction will be evaluated via transabdominal ultrasound.

Detailed Description
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Physiotherapy students during their studying in the physiotherapy Bachelor degree program will be examined. Students will be divided into 2 groups according to their year of studying (if they already studied women health course or not implying 4th year students compared with 1-3 year level students). Each participant will be asked to contract the pelvic floor muscles. The assessment of pelvic floor contraction will be measured by measuring bladder displacement via abdominal ultrasound. A curved linear array transducer will be placed in the transverse plane immediately suprapubically over the lower abdomen angled at 15-30 degrees from the vertical. Upward movement of the bladder during contraction will be marked as correct contraction. An on screen caliper and measurement tool will be used to measure bladder amount of bladder displacement.

Official Title
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Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Among Physiotherapy Students Before and After Women Health Course

Conditions
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Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: pelvic floor contraction


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: healthy students willing to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: has been treated before for pelvic floor rehabilitation active urinary tract infection pregnancy previous abdominal surgeries

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 40 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Screening
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: 2 groups according to the year of physiotherapy school.
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: after women health course<br>The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle | Other: pelvic floor contraction<br>* Ultrasound examination will be performed to asses urinary bladder displacement being a marker for pelvic floor muscle function<br>|
| Active Comparator: before women health course<br>The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle | Other: pelvic floor contraction<br>* Ultrasound examination will be performed to asses urinary bladder displacement being a marker for pelvic floor muscle function<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| direction of urinary bladder displacement during contraction | upward or downward displacement of urinary bladder will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound | baseline | 
| urinary bladder displacement in millimeters | bladder displacement will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound using the on screen caliper tool | baseline | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pelvic floor muscles endurance of contraction in seconds | time of muscle contraction will be measured during the last contraction | baseline | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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pelvic diaphragm, Physiotherapy students, education