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Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2017
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2020
Hypopressive exercises
45 minutes treatment by hipopressive exercises 2 times per week during 8 weeks. They will be doing in different positions: standing, kneeling, sitting and lying. The patient will be teach a total of 30 exercises. In the week number 8 the women with the physical therapist will choose 3 exercises that will be done daily at home during 20 minutes.
Therapeutic education.
"The therapeutic education will be doing during the 8 weeks of treatment. In the first day the knowledge and the briefs of the pelvic floor dysfunction will be assessed. Dietary and behavioral habits will also be discussed. In the second day anatomical and physiological explanation of the pelvic girdle will be the priority. In the third day will be explained the signs and symptoms of the different pelvic floor dysfunctions. In the four day will be analyzed the risk factors that may cause or worsen pelvic floor dysfunctions.~In the fifth day will be begun to correct the bad habits. In the last day will be reviewed the knowledge and new habits acquired during the treatment. In all treatment days will be discussed the doubts of the participant."
Pelvic-perineal physiotherapy
45 minutes physical therapy treatment 2 times per week during 8 weeks. There will be done specific exercises of the pelvic floor muscles and coordination exercises of the pelvic floor muscles with other muscles in different positions. Electrostimulation, biofeedbak, cones and dinamometric devices can be employed to improve the muscle performance.
Physical Therapy assessment
Pre-treatment, post-treatment, 3, 6 and 12 months after physical therapy treatment. Will be done a specific evaluation of pelvic floor muscles using the Modified Oxford Scale, superficial electromyography, perineometry and dynamometer. For the evaluation of the impact, the signs and the symptoms questionnaires will be completed by the participants.
Teacher care and research in physiotherapy Unit. Department of Physiotherapy. University of Alcala., Alcalá de Henares
University of Alcala
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