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Identifying Predictors of Treatment Success in Painful Bladder Syndrome

NCT01410461 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2011-08-05

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Summary

Study aims to: (1) evaluate the role of morphological and physiological characteristics of the pelvic floor, pain-related psychological and -psychophysical variables in prediction of the success of myofascial physical therapy (MPT) for the treatment of painful bladder syndrome Patients with clinical symptoms of PBS will undergo physical examination, sensory testing in the genital area, perineal ultrasound examination for the evaluation of the length of the levator muscles before MPT and following 10 consecutive sessions of MPT.

Improvement in clinical symptoms will be assessed and evaluated for correlations with psychophysical examinations.

Conditions

  • Painful Bladder Syndrome

Interventions

DEVICE

quantitive sensory testing

Mechanical pain threshold: Threshold will be assessed, by using the von Frey filaments. The lowest gram weight capable of inducing pain in two of three trials will be considered as a pain threshold Heat pain threshold (HPT): HPT will be measured using thermal sensory analyzer

DEVICE

Ultrasound testing

Morphological measures of the pelvic muscles: Using a 3D 4-8MHz abdominal probe ultrasound testing will be performed. The following parameters will be measured: (1) anteroposterior hiatal diameter; (2) lateral hiatal diameter; (3) levator ani thickness and length at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock; (4) length of the obturator (5) length of the pubococcygeus muscle; (6) obturator thickness.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rambam Health Care Campus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lior Lowenstein, MD · Rambam Health Care Campus

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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