Does Hip Strength Impact Active Females Rate of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction? The Primary Goal of This Research is to Collect Data on Hip Strength for Active Females and Assess if There is a Relationship Between Hip Strength and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (PFD).
Completed
Conditions studied: Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness, Pelvic Floor Disorder, Pelvic Pain, Hip Strength
In brief
The primary goal of this research is to collect data on hip strength for active females and assess if there is a relationship between hip strength and pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD). The participants will fill out a REDCap questionnaire that includes informed consent, demographics, injury history, history of PFD and/or hip pain, characteristics of physical activity and/or sport(s), knowledge of pelvic floor musculature, and questions regarding the correlation between PFD and performance. Additionally, Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) surveys assessing anxiety and depression will be included. After completing the questionnaires, a one time hip strength assessment will be performed in four directions on each hip and the evaluator will be blinded to their results. Foster et al researched hip and pelvic floor strength in a different patient population (Urgency and Frequency prominent lower urinary tract symptoms) in 2021 with 18-60 year olds and did not have a classification for level of physical activity. This research group found that there was a reduction in hip external rotation and abduction strength compared to case controls. To this point, there has not been any research assessing the relationship between hip strength and relaxing versus nonrelaxing pelvic floor dysfunction and controls.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07119476
- Run by
- George Fox University
- People needed
- 55
- Starts
- 2024-11-11
- Expected to finish
- 2025-02-24
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-08-13
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age range 18-45 years
- Female gender
- Patients can either have no pelvic floor symptoms, current pelvic floor dysfunction (relaxing or nonrelaxing), or current musculoskeletal pain.
- Participants must be physically active as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as performing 150-300 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity or at least 75-150 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity; or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity throughout the week.
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnancy
- Gynecological or Obstetric Surgery within 6 months
- Active infection (including Sexually Transmitted Infection, Pelvic, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Yeast)
- Cancer
- Inflammatory Disease
- Connective Tissue Disease
- Or have been instructed by a Healthcare provider to not participate
Where it is running
- George Fox University Medical Sciences Building — Newberg, Oregon, United States
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