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The Effects of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training in Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence

NCT07693920 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2026-07-09

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Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of expiratory muscle strength training in addition to pelvic floor muscle training in women with stress urinary incontinence. In this study, women will be randomly assigned to one of two separate intervention groups. One group is the Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT) group, and the other is the PFMT plus Expiratory Muscle Strength Training group. The intervention program will last 8 weeks in both groups. Women in both groups will be evaluated at the beginning of the study (before the interventions) and at the end of the 8th week of intervention. After being taught the exercises included in the PFMT program, both groups will be asked to perform these exercises as a home program. The accuracy of the exercises performed by the women will be checked at two-week intervals, and the number of exercises will be increased. The primary outcome measure is the International Incontinence Consultation Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF), which measures the Subjective Severity of Incontinence and its Impact on Daily Living.

Conditions

  • Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training

As part of the PTKE program, women will be taught rapid-maximal isolated contractions and multiple-repeated submaximal isolated contractions via vaginal palpation.

BEHAVIORAL

Expiratory muscle strength training

Expiratory muscle strength training will be done at home 7 days a week, once a day with 25 breaths, and a 1-minute rest cycle after every 5 breaths.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mustafa Kemal University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-07
Primary Completion
2026-09-15
Completion
2027-02-20

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