Physical Therapy for Women With Obstetric Trauma and Anal Incontinence

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Conditions studied: Sphincter Ani Incontinence, Obstetric Trauma

In brief

Our primary objective is to determine if physical therapy (PT) and behavioral therapy (BT) in the post-partum period after a vaginal delivery complicated by genital trauma help to improve a woman's quality of life, specifically in regard to anal incontinence. To be able to study this, the investigators need to know how well the muscles of a woman's pelvic floor function after a vaginal delivery and this requires measuring their strength during a pelvic exam. At present, there are no studies that have looked at whether the intervention of PT/BT improves a woman's anal incontinence quality of life after sustaining genital trauma during vaginal deliveries

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01672697

Run by

TriHealth Inc.

People needed

54

Starts

2012-09-12

Expected to finish

2016-03-17

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Primiparous women aged 18 years of older
• Vaginal delivery, vacuum-assisted-vaginal-delivery (VAVD), or forceps-assisted-vaginal-delivery (FAVD) of a neonate of gestational age:
• 27 completed weeks
• Singleton or vaginal delivery of multiple gestation
• Able to read and speak the English language

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to comply with physical therapy or office visits
• Unreliable transportation
• Preexisting neurologic, musculoskeletal or neuromuscular disorder rendering them unable to perform physical therapy requirements
• Cesarean delivery
• History of prior surgery for anorectal incontinence (i.e. sphincteroplasty

Where it is running

• TriHealth — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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