Evaluation of the Effect of Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy on Patients With 3rd and 4th Degree Obstetrical Lacerations

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Conditions studied: Obstetrical Lacerations, Obstetric; Injury Pelvic Floor

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if patients with third and fourth degree obstetric lacerations benefit from a short course of pelvic floor physical therapy in the immediate postpartum period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02304016

Run by

Boston Urogynecology Associates

People needed

40

Starts

2014-12-01

Expected to finish

2021-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-02-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Vaginal delivery at either BIDMC or Mt. Auburn Hospital complicated by either third or fourth degree perineal laceration
• Age 18 or older

You may not qualify if…

• History of previous vaginal delivery after 24 weeks gestation

Where it is running

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Mount Auburn Hospital — Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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