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Pelvic Floor Exercise Before Surgery in Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse

NCT03064750 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 151

Last updated 2021-12-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The lifetime risk for a woman to undergo surgery for either vaginal prolapse or urinary incontinence is high. There are many different surgical techniques for treatment of prolapse, but there is a lack of knowledge about factors that contribute to objective result and patient satisfaction after surgery.

The aim of the study is to investigate factors that could be related to patient satisfaction and objective result such as pelvic floor muscle contractility/strength and muscle injury, objective measures of prolapse and women's symptoms. This study will investigate whether systematic pelvic floor exercise and life style advise before surgery can improve outcomes after surgery for either vaginal prolapse. Another aim is to determine an ultrasound scale for measure of pelvic floor muscle contraction.

Conditions

  • Pelvic Organ Prolapse
  • Pelvic Floor Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

pelvic floor exercises

In preparation for surgery, patients receive individual information by a physiotherapist on pelvic floor anatomy and correct pelvic floor contraction. Patients are told to do the following pelvic floor exercises 3 times a day: 8-12 maximal contractions, hold contractions during 10 seconds, and 3 fast contractions after each long contraction. In addition exercise in groups with skilled physical therapists once a week during 12 weeks.

OTHER

Waiting list

patients wait as usual until surgery without special treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • St. Olavs Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kjell Å Salvesen, md prof · St Olavs Hospital University Hospital Trondheim

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-01
Primary Completion
2019-06-26
Completion
2019-06-26

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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