Status:

COMPLETED

Perineal Physiotherapy in Postpartum

Lead Sponsor:

University of Alcala

Conditions:

Post Partum

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-45 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Objective: To find out the effectiveness of pelvic-perineal physiotherapy in prevention and treatment of postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction caused by vaginal delivery.

Detailed Description

Design: Randomized, controlled and single blinded clinical trial. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of these groups: Experimental group: pelvic-perineal physical therapy plus hypopressive ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Postnatal women (6 and 8 weeks after vaginal delivery)
  • Primiparous
  • Whose vaginal delivery has occurred in the "Príncipe de Asturias" Hospital
  • Women have not been already treated for pelvic floor dysfunction
  • Women reading, understanding and freely signing an informed consent form

Exclusion

  • Postnatal women with medical diagnosis of pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) prior to pregnancy and delivery
  • Women with a history of conservative treatment or PFD surgery
  • Women with concomitant or systemic disease that may affect the treatment (neurological, gynecological, urological or connective tissue), or with active or recurrent urinary infection without treatment at the time of the intervention proposed in this study, or hematuria
  • Postnatal women with cognitive limitations to understand information, respond to questionnaires, consent and / or participate in the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2016

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

240 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03247660

Start Date

October 1 2016

End Date

December 1 2023

Last Update

January 19 2024

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University of Alcalá. FPSM research group. HUPA

Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 28805