Clinical trial NCT06470620: The Relationship Between Pelvic Floor Muscle Function and Hip Pain Among Women
Official title: The Relationship Between Pelvic Floor Muscle Function and Hip Pain Among Women
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Incontinence Stress
Incontinence
Hip Pain Chronic
Keywords: pelvic floor
women health
ultrasound
incontinence
Lead sponsor: University of Haifa
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-06-24
Enrollment: 60
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: women with and without hip related pain

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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria for Research Group:

* 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire
timeFrame: baseline
measure: pelvic floor muscle function assessed as correct movement of the urinary bladder
timeFrame: baseline
measure: urinary bladder displacement in millimeters
timeFrame: baseline
measure: pelvic floor muscles endurance of contraction in seconds
timeFrame: baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: muscle strength
timeFrame: baseline
measure: hip function assessment
timeFrame: baseline
measure: self-reporting of fear and anxiety of hip pain regarding quality of life
timeFrame: baseline
measure: hip range of motion
timeFrame: baseline
measure: function assesment
timeFrame: baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Haifa
country: Israel
facility: Haifa University, Department of PHysical Therapy
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Haifa
name: Gali Dar, Prof.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: 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.