Pelvic Floor Activity and Breathing in Women
Completed
Conditions studied: Pelvic Floor, Respiration
In brief
The pelvic floor and diaphragm work together in many different functions. Two important functions are breathing and continence. The pelvic floor muscles have to lift and squeeze to maintain continence. Breathing, specifically breathing out, makes the pelvic floor lift. The investigators don't know how much the pelvic floor lifts and squeezes during different types of breathing out. The purpose of this study is to measure pelvic floor lift and squeeze during different types of breathing out.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01694979
- Run by
- Kitani, Lenore, PT
- People needed
- 18
- Starts
- 2012-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-09-27
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- women
- young (age 18-35)
- nulliparous
- pre-menopausal
You may not qualify if…
- pregnancy
- history of lower back or pelvic pain
- history of lower back or pelvic surgeries
- incontinence
- history of pelvic floor dysfunction
- diabetes
- endometriosis
- neuromuscular disease
- connective tissue disease
Where it is running
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Clinical Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory — Lubbock, Texas, United States
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