Yoga-Pilates Exercise & the Effects on Urethral Rhabdosphincter Morphology and Stress Urinary Incontinence
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Enrolling by invitation
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Stress Urinary Incontinence
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: N/AIntervention Model: Single Group AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Pre/PostMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 89 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) affects up to 1/3 of women and negatively impacts multiple aspects of a woman's life. Pelvic floor physical therapy has been shown to improve stress incontinence through multiple mechanisms, including rhabdosphincter hypertrophy. Yoga and Pilates have also been show...
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) affects up to 1/3 of women and negatively impacts multiple aspects of a woman's life. Pelvic floor physical therapy has been shown to improve stress incontinence through multiple mechanisms, including rhabdosphincter hypertrophy. Yoga and Pilates have also been shown to improve stress incontinence but there is a key gap in understanding how yoga-Pilates impacts urethral function and if these exercises represent a viable option for treating SUI. To fill this gap a new exercise is proposed: a web-based 8-week yoga-Pilates pelvic floor workout. The investigators plan to enroll women with SUI and compare urethral rhabdosphincter cross-sectional area in a pre-post intervention study. The investigators will also administer validated quality of life and severity measures for SUI to evaluate the potential efficacy of yoga-Pilates. The overarching goal of this project is to determine how yoga-Pilates impact urethral function and if these exercises decrease SUI symptoms.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04298671
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Sara Cichowski, MD Oregon Health and Science University