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Physiotherapy Exercise Programme for Pelvic Floor Function in Healthy Young Women

23 septembre 2026 mis à jour par: María de los Ángeles Sirvent Pinar, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

A Physiotherapy Exercise Programme Based on Hypopressive Exercise as Adjunctive Muscle Training for the Primary Prevention of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

This study evaluated the effects of a 12-week physiotherapy exercise programme on pelvic floor and abdominopelvic function in healthy young nulliparous women. Participants were randomly allocated to an intervention group or a control group. The intervention included supervised and home-based exercises focused on postural organization, breathing coordination, and lumbopelvic-abdominal muscle control. The control group continued their usual activities without receiving the study intervention. Pelvic floor muscle function, abdominopelvic functional responses, respiratory function, and health-related quality of life were assessed.

Aperçu de l'étude

Statut

Complété

Les conditions

Intervention / Traitement

Type d'étude

Interventionnel

Inscription (Réel)

84

Phase

  • N'est pas applicable

Critères de participation

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Critère d'éligibilité

Âges éligibles pour étudier

18 ans à 26 ans (Adulte)

Accepte les volontaires sains

Oui

Sexes éligibles pour l'étude

Femelle

La description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Female university students aged 18 to 26 years.
  • Nulliparous.
  • No gynecological pathology.
  • No respiratory pathology.
  • History of sexual intercourse.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Failure to meet any of the inclusion criteria.

Plan d'étude

Cette section fournit des détails sur le plan d'étude, y compris la façon dont l'étude est conçue et ce que l'étude mesure.

Comment l'étude est-elle conçue ?

Détails de conception

  • Objectif principal: La prévention
  • Répartition: Randomisé
  • Modèle interventionnel: Affectation parallèle
  • Masquage: Seul

Armes et Interventions

Groupe de participants / Bras
Intervention / Traitement
Expérimental: Intervention Group

Participants assigned to this group completed a 12-week physiotherapy exercise programme focused on postural organization, breathing coordination, and lumbopelvic-abdominal muscle control, combining supervised sessions with home-based exercise.

Participants completed a 12-week exercise programme combining postural organization, breathing coordination, and lumbopelvic-abdominal motor control. The programme included a 20-minute supervised session once weekly, complemented by home-based exercise.

Aucune intervention: Control group

Participants assigned to this group continued their usual activities and did not receive the study exercise programme during the 12-week study period.

Que mesure l'étude ?

Principaux critères de jugement

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
Subumbilical Cough Test
Délai: Baseline and after the 12-week intervention

Qualitative assessment of abdominal wall response during coughing. The outcome was categorized as no bulging or bulging of the abdominal wall. Bulging was defined as caudal bulging of the umbilicopubic region during the cough maneuver, indicating insufficient abdominal muscle activation.

Baseline and after the 12-week intervention

Mesures de résultats secondaires

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength - Modified Oxford Scale
Délai: Baseline and after the 12-week intervention

Pelvic floor muscle strength was assessed by digital vaginal palpation using the Modified Oxford Scale, scored from 0 to 5, where 0 indicates no perceptible muscle contraction and 5 indicates a strong contraction.

Baseline and after the 12-week intervention
Pelvic Floor Muscle Endurance
Délai: Baseline and after the 12-week intervention

Pelvic floor muscle endurance was assessed by vaginal perineometry. Participants performed three maximal pelvic floor muscle contractions, each maintained for as long as possible. Endurance was recorded as the duration of the sustained contraction, expressed in seconds.

Baseline and after the 12-week intervention
Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Pressure
Délai: Baseline and after the 12-week intervention

Pelvic floor muscle contraction pressure was assessed by vaginal perineometry using a pressure probe. Participants performed three maximal pelvic floor muscle contractions, and contraction pressure was recorded in cmH2O.

Baseline and after the 12-week intervention
Abdominal Diastasis Functional Test
Délai: Baseline and after the 12-week intervention

Abdominal wall function was assessed by palpation of the linea alba in the supraumbilical and infraumbilical regions, at rest and during trunk elevation. The test evaluated the presence or absence and location of abdominal diastasis and the response of the linea alba during abdominal muscle activation.

Baseline and after the 12-week intervention
Transversus Abdominis Activation Test
Délai: Baseline and after the 12-week intervention

Abdominal wall response was assessed during maximal inspiration and expiration. During maximal expiration, the outcome was categorized according to whether the abdomen protruded ("pushes") or did not protrude ("does not push"), reflecting the activation response of the transversus abdominis.

Baseline and after the 12-week intervention
Forced Vital Capacity (FVC)
Délai: Baseline and after the 12-week intervention

Forced vital capacity was assessed by forced spirometry using a DATOSPIR-120 spirometer. Three measurements were performed and the best measurement was recorded. FVC was expressed in liters.

Baseline and after the 12-week intervention
Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second (FEV1)
Délai: Baseline and after the 12-week intervention

Forced expiratory volume in one second was assessed by forced spirometry using a DATOSPIR-120 spirometer. Three measurements were performed and the best measurement was recorded. FEV1 was expressed in liters.

Baseline and after the 12-week intervention
Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF)
Délai: Baseline and after the 12-week intervention

Peak expiratory flow was assessed by forced spirometry using a DATOSPIR-120 spirometer. Three measurements were performed and the best measurement was recorded. PEF was expressed in liters per second (L/s).

Baseline and after the 12-week intervention
Health-Related Quality of Life - SF-12
Délai: After the 12-week intervention

Health-related quality of life was assessed using the 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). Physical and mental health component scores were calculated, with higher scores indicating better perceived health-related quality of life.

After the 12-week intervention

Collaborateurs et enquêteurs

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Les enquêteurs

  • Chercheur principal: Luís Gómez Pérez, PhD, Universidad Miguel Hernández

Publications et liens utiles

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Publications générales

  • Sirvent-Pinar MA, Iglesias-Comesaña A, Guerrero-Rubio MA, Alarcón-Alarcón D, Rodríguez-Blanco N, Pérez de Arrilucea Le Floc'h U. Development and reproducible description of a multimodal physiotherapy intervention for pelvic floor health: a methodological report. BMC Women's Health. 2026. doi:10.1186/s12905-026-04779-3.

Dates d'enregistrement des études

Ces dates suivent la progression des dossiers d'étude et des soumissions de résultats sommaires à ClinicalTrials.gov. Les dossiers d'étude et les résultats rapportés sont examinés par la Bibliothèque nationale de médecine (NLM) pour s'assurer qu'ils répondent à des normes de contrôle de qualité spécifiques avant d'être publiés sur le site Web public.

Dates principales de l'étude

Début de l'étude (Réel)

1 novembre 2016

Achèvement primaire (Réel)

1 mai 2017

Achèvement de l'étude (Réel)

1 mai 2017

Dates d'inscription aux études

Première soumission

23 septembre 2026

Première soumission répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

23 septembre 2026

Première publication (Réel)

30 septembre 2026

Mises à jour des dossiers d'étude

Dernière mise à jour publiée (Réel)

30 septembre 2026

Dernière mise à jour soumise répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

23 septembre 2026

Dernière vérification

1 septembre 2026

Plus d'information

Termes liés à cette étude

Autres numéros d'identification d'étude

  • DPC.LGP.01.17

Plan pour les données individuelles des participants (IPD)

Prévoyez-vous de partager les données individuelles des participants (DPI) ?

NON

Description du régime IPD

No prospective plan for individual participant data sharing was established for this study.

Informations sur les médicaments et les dispositifs, documents d'étude

Étudie un produit pharmaceutique réglementé par la FDA américaine

Non

Étudie un produit d'appareil réglementé par la FDA américaine

Non

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