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Pilates and the Pelvic Floor: A Quasi-experimental Study

NCT04431102 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2020-06-17

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Summary

In this paper, it is postulates that in pregnant women, the practice of PM led by a qualified professional for a period of four weeks can reduce the incidence of pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) by decreasing the number of birth injuries.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy
  • Perineum; Injury
  • Pilates Method
  • Episiotomy Wound

Interventions

OTHER

PILATES METHOD

It is intended that the Pilates program have a duration of four weeks and its realization does not suppose an excessive consumption of resources. Therefore, it must have a series of characteristics: low supervision and easily realizable by all patients, which implies flexibility in the schedule. In this sense the sessions of Pilates is adjusted to these assumptions and the Pilates monitor offers several schedules on diferent days of week. The pregnant women assigned to the intervention group will be supervised by the midwifery of reference and trained by a Pilates monitor who will explain the training program and resolve the doubts raised by the women. The therapeutic control will be carried out by telephone call and clinical history review between the eighth and tenth day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Huelva

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carmen Feria-Ramírez, CNM · University of Huelva

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-05
Primary Completion
2019-07-31
Completion
2019-12-27

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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