120 Patients with urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy would be randomly assigned to either 4 groups all receive conventional pelvic floor muscle exercises plus group A receive Pilates exercises and Low Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy, group B receive Low Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy, group C receive Pilates exercises and group D receive conventional pelvic floor muscle exercises. Assessment at baseline, immediately after the intervention, to evaluate the degree of urinary incontinence and quality of life after three months from treatment.
120 Patients with urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy would be randomly assigned to either 4 groups all receive conventional pelvic floor muscle exercises plus group A receive Pilates exercises and Low Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy, group B receive Low Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy, group C receive Pilates exercises and group D receive conventional pelvic floor muscle exercises. Assessment at baseline, immediately after the intervention, to evaluate the degree of urinary incontinence by Urodynamic investigation system, Severity index scale and Cytometry and quality of life by The quality of life questionnaire IQOL after three months from treatment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
120
The LiESWT was applied to Pilates and Shock Wave group and Shock Wave group with 0.25 mJ/mm2 of intensity, 3000 pulses of shock, and 3 pulses/s of frequency, applicator was placed on the suprapubic skin area one session in the week for twelve weeks, totaling 12 sessions. Pilates exercises were performed to Pilates and Shock Wave group and Pilates group. The sessions of Pilates were applied twice a week for twelve weeks, totaling 24 sessions. The 50 min Pilates sessions were divided into three phases: warm-up, strengthening, and stretching. They also received written orientations to perform three exercises and two of the Pilates session at home every day - Conventional pelvic floor exercises performed for all groups include Kegel exercise, squats, bridging, and squeeze and release exercises. These exercises were performed 3 times per day, lasting for 12 consecutive weeks
faculty of physical therapy , Cairo university
Giza, Egypt
Cystometry
Ithe dynamic measurement of detrusor pressure during the continuous filling of the bladder.
Time frame: before treatment and after 3 months
Severity index scale
measure frequency and amount of urine loss ,calculated by this equation: Severity index of incontinence = (Points for frequency of urine loss) × (Points for amount of urine loss) calculated by this equation: Severity index of incontinence = (Points for frequency of urine loss) × (Points for amount of urine loss) measure frequency and amount of urine loss to calculate severity of incontinence, o Frequency of urine loss grades: Never = 0 less than once a month= 1 once to several times a month = 2 once to several times a week = 3 Every day and/or night = 4 * o Amount of urine loss grades: No drop (completely dry) = 0 A few drops = 1 A little = 2 More = 3
Time frame: before treatment and after 3 months
body mass index
measure ( weight per height squares )of patients kg/m\^2
Time frame: before treatment and after 3 months
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