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Urological Physical Therapy in HTLV-1 With Urinary Symptoms

NCT01651819 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2018-10-05

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Summary

Urological physical therapy is described to improve urinary symptoms in patients with myelopathy or neurological dysfunction and to increase the quality of life. Although it was never tested on HTLV-1 associated overactive bladder syndrome, an disabling disease that is common seen in HAM/TSP patients but can also appear as an isolated form. Our hypothesis is that urological physical therapy can improve urinary symptoms like incontinence, urgency and nocturia in HTLV-1 infected population with those complains.

Conditions

  • Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
  • HTLV-1

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Urological physical therapy

Individual patient attending with one hour duration beginning with Behavior therapy and education, teaching urinary maneuvers, water adequate intake. Second part is manual therapy an Kinesiotherapy with specific exercises, followed by patient repetition. Last part is constituted by electrotherapy for specific muscle stimulation and biofeedback.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rosana Andrade, Master · Federal University of Bahia

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-01
Primary Completion
2014-12-30
Completion
2015-07-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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