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Pelvic Floor Muscle Training to Treat Urinary Incontinence After Radical Prostatectomy

NCT00239824 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2016-07-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of pelvic floor muscle training in the treatment of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Strength training of the pelvic floor muscles

Group A followed a pelvic floor muscle exercise course consisting of intensive pelvic floor muscle training with follow up instructions (training group or DVD instructions)by a physiotherapist;3 x 10 contractions daily. Group B were instructed to train the pelvic floor muscles 3 x 10 contractions daily without follow up instructions by a physiotherapist.

BEHAVIORAL

strength training of the pelvic floor muscles with or without follow up instructions by a physiotherapist

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St. Olavs Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian Fund for Postgraduate Training in Physiotherapy

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fund for Cancer Research

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Siv Mørkved, PhD · Clinical Services, St Olavs Hospital/ Dept.of Community Medicine and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-10-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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Diseases

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