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https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05527639
Registration number
NCT05527639
Ethics application status
Date submitted
26/08/2022
Date registered
2/09/2022
Date last updated
7/08/2023
Titles & IDs
Public title
Kegel Exercises Prior to Strength Training to Improvestress Urinary Incontinence
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Scientific title
Does a Kegel Exercise Program Prior to Resistance Training Reduce the Risk of Stress Urinary Incontinence?
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CharlesDarwinU
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Urinary Incontinence,Stress
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Renal and Urogenital
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Other renal and urogenital disorders
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
BEHAVIORAL - strength training program
Other: intervention group during study - all participants completed a 12 week strength training program consisting of warm up exercises, dead-lifts and squats. They had all completed a program of Kegel exercise prior.
Other: control group during study - all participants completed a 12 week strength training program consisting of warm up exercises, dead-lifts and squats
BEHAVIORAL: strength training program
12-weeks of strength training consisting of warm ups, dead-lifts, squats and cool down exercises
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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incontinence severity index (ISI) tool
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Assessment method [1]
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questionnaire for self-reported frequency and severity of urinary incontinence. the higher the score, the higher the impact of incontinence
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Primary outcome [2]
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incontinence severity index (ISI) tool
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questionnaire for self-reported frequency and severity of urinary incontinence. the higher the score, the higher the impact of incontinence
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Week 12
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Primary outcome [3]
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pelvic floor muscle strength
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physiotherapist report from digital palpation and perineometry
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pelvic floor muscle strength
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physiotherapist report from digital palpation and perineometry
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week 12
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* being female
* over eighteen years of age
* suffer from stress urinary incontinence
* did not perform Kegel exercises
* had no experience in regular resistance/strength training
* completed a physical activity readiness questionnaire (PAR-Q) form.
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Minimum age
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Maximum age
No limit
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Sex
Females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
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Key exclusion criteria
* pregnancy, breastfeeding
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
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Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
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Open (masking not used)
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Intervention assignment
Single group
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
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Date of first participant enrolment
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18/05/2019
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Date of last data collection
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18/12/2019
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Final
24
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NT
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Charles Darwin University - Darwin
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Other
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Charles Darwin University
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Summary
Brief summary
This comparative pre-post intervention study investigates the feasibility and benefits of Kegel exercises amongst incontinent women, prior to commencing resistance training, to reduce the risk of stress urinary incontinence compared to a group of women without prior Kegel exercises.
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Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05527639
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