Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Among Physiotherapy Students Before and After "Women Health" Course

• Sponsor: University of Haifa (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT03917615
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 30
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Actual Duration (Months): 1.8
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 16.9

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The study aim is to evaluate the ability to correctly contract pelvic floor muscle among physiotherapy students before and after "women health" course. Pelvic floor muscle contraction will be evaluated via transabdominal ultrasound.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness	Other: pelvic floor contraction	N/A

Detailed Description

Physiotherapy students during their studying in the physiotherapy Bachelor degree program will be examined. Students will be divided into 2 groups according to their year of studying (if they already studied "women health course or not implying 4th year students compared with 1-3 year level students). Each participant will be asked to contract the pelvic floor muscles.

The assessment of pelvic floor contraction will be measured by measuring bladder displacement via abdominal ultrasound. A curved linear array transducer will be placed in the transverse plane immediately suprapubically over the lower abdomen angled at 15-30 degrees from the vertical. Upward movement of the bladder during contraction will be marked as correct contraction. An on screen caliper and measurement tool will be used to measure bladder amount of bladder displacement.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 30 participants
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Intervention Model Description: 2 groups according to the year of physiotherapy school.2 groups according to the year of physiotherapy school.
• Masking: Single (Participant)
• Masking Description: Participants will not know the aim of study
• Primary Purpose: Screening
• Official Title: Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Among Physiotherapy Students Before and After "Women Health" Course
• Actual Study Start Date: Apr 8, 2019
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jun 1, 2019
• Actual Study Completion Date: Jun 1, 2019

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: after "women health" course The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle	Other: pelvic floor contraction; Ultrasound examination will be performed to asses urinary bladder displacement being a marker for pelvic floor muscle function
Active Comparator: before "women health" course The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle	Other: pelvic floor contraction; Ultrasound examination will be performed to asses urinary bladder displacement being a marker for pelvic floor muscle function

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. direction of urinary bladder displacement during contraction [baseline]

   upward or downward displacement of urinary bladder will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound

2. urinary bladder displacement in millimeters [baseline]

   bladder displacement will be measured via diagnostic ultrasound using the on screen caliper tool

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. pelvic floor muscles endurance of contraction in seconds [baseline]

   time of muscle contraction will be measured during the last contraction

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 40 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: Female
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy students

• willing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• has been treated before for pelvic floor rehabilitation

• active urinary tract infection

• pregnancy

• previous abdominal surgeries

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Haifa University, Department of PHysical Therapy	Haifa		Israel

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of Haifa

Investigators

• Study Director: Gali Dar, PhD, University of Haifa

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: University of Haifa
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03917615
• Other Study ID Numbers: 123/19
• First Posted: Apr 17, 2019
• Last Update Posted: Jul 30, 2019
• Last Verified: Apr 1, 2019

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: Yes
• Plan to Share IPD: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by University of Haifa: pelvic diaphragm, Physiotherapy students, education
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Muscle Weakness

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jul 30, 2019