Clinical trial NCT04994041: Adductor Strengthening and Pelvic Floor Muscle Strengthening Exercises on Stress Incontinence in Gym Females
Official title: Comparison of Adductor Strengthening and Pelvic Floor Muscle Strengthening Exercises on Stress Incontinence in Gym Females
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Urinary Incontinence, Stress
Keywords: Urinary Incontinence, Pelvic Floor Exercises
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-08-06
Enrollment: 60
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 25
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Stress incontinence is common form of urinary incontinence in females. The theme is to test if pelvic floor muscle training can be augmented by incorporating adductor muscle strengthening. Group A: with pelvic floor muscle strengthening plus adductor is strengthening. Group B: with pelvic floor muscle strengthening.

Detailed description: Stress incontinence is common form of urinary incontinence in females. When it develops in gym doing women, it badly affects their performance and result in psychosocial problems in addition to the barriers that already have been resulted from incontinence. This study combines simple regime of hip adductor a strengthening with pelvic floor muscles. The theme is to test if pelvic floor muscle training can be augmented by incorporating adductor muscle strengthening. If this comes out to be effective, this can be great contribution to gym doing females to improve their urinary incontinence related impairments. Woman would be encouraged to continue regular exercise. This will be randomized clinical trial. There are two groups for the compression of adductors strengthening and pelvic floor muscle strengthening. Group A: with pelvic floor muscle strengthening plus adductor is strengthening. Group B: with pelvic floor muscle strengthening. The collected data will be entered in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 20.0, Descriptive and Inferential statists will be applied. Results and conclusion will be drawn.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Women aged 25-45 years of age
* Engaged in gym exercises
* Fulfilling signs and symptoms of stress incontinence

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant females
* Females having any history of trauma
* Any neurological disorders affecting bowl bladder
* Any malignancy in lower abdominal area

Primary outcomes:
measure: Urinary Distress Inventory (UDI-6)
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: The Revised Urinary Incontinence Scale (RUIS)
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Gujranwala
country: Pakistan
facility: Genesis fitness centere
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: Muhammad Sanaullah, MS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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