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Physiotherapy Exercise Programme for Pelvic Floor Function in Healthy Young Women

23 september 2026 bijgewerkt door: 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.

Studie Overzicht

Toestand

Voltooid

Conditie

Interventie / Behandeling

Studietype

Ingrijpend

Inschrijving (Werkelijk)

84

Fase

  • Niet toepasbaar

Deelname Criteria

Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.

Geschiktheidscriteria

Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie

18 jaar tot 26 jaar (Volwassen)

Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers

Ja

Geslachten die in aanmerking komen voor studie

Vrouw

Beschrijving

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.

Studie plan

Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.

Hoe is de studie opgezet?

Ontwerpdetails

  • Primair doel: Preventie
  • Toewijzing: Gerandomiseerd
  • Interventioneel model: Parallelle opdracht
  • Masker: Enkel

Wapens en interventies

Deelnemersgroep / Arm
Interventie / Behandeling
Experimenteel: 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.

Geen tussenkomst: 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.

Wat meet het onderzoek?

Primaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
Maatregel Beschrijving
Tijdsspanne
Subumbilical Cough Test
Tijdsspanne: 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

Secundaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
Maatregel Beschrijving
Tijdsspanne
Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength - Modified Oxford Scale
Tijdsspanne: 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
Tijdsspanne: 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
Tijdsspanne: 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
Tijdsspanne: 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
Tijdsspanne: 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)
Tijdsspanne: 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)
Tijdsspanne: 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)
Tijdsspanne: 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
Tijdsspanne: 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

Medewerkers en onderzoekers

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Sponsor

Onderzoekers

  • Hoofdonderzoeker: Luís Gómez Pérez, PhD, Universidad Miguel Hernández

Publicaties en nuttige links

De persoon die verantwoordelijk is voor het invoeren van informatie over het onderzoek stelt deze publicaties vrijwillig ter beschikking. Dit kan gaan over alles wat met het onderzoek te maken heeft.

Algemene publicaties

  • 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.

Studie record data

Deze datums volgen de voortgang van het onderzoeksdossier en de samenvatting van de ingediende resultaten bij ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieverslagen en gerapporteerde resultaten worden beoordeeld door de National Library of Medicine (NLM) om er zeker van te zijn dat ze voldoen aan specifieke kwaliteitscontrolenormen voordat ze op de openbare website worden geplaatst.

Bestudeer belangrijke data

Studie start (Werkelijk)

1 november 2016

Primaire voltooiing (Werkelijk)

1 mei 2017

Studie voltooiing (Werkelijk)

1 mei 2017

Studieregistratiedata

Eerst ingediend

23 september 2026

Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria

23 september 2026

Eerst geplaatst (Werkelijk)

30 september 2026

Updates van studierecords

Laatste update geplaatst (Werkelijk)

30 september 2026

Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria

23 september 2026

Laatst geverifieerd

1 september 2026

Meer informatie

Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie

Andere studie-ID-nummers

  • DPC.LGP.01.17

Plan Individuele Deelnemersgegevens (IPD)

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NEE

Beschrijving IPD-plan

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

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Nee

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