Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)NCT07853755
Motor Imagery-Assisted Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Stress Urinary Incontinence in Postmenopausal Women
A study testing Pelvic Floor Muscle Training, Pelvic-Floor-Specific Kinesthetic Motor Imagery and Dominant-Hand Kinesthetic Motor Imagery in people with Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI), run by Istanbul Medipol University Hospital at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
This study will evaluate whether adding mental rehearsal of pelvic floor muscle contractions to pelvic floor muscle training improves stress urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women. Stress urinary incontinence is urine leakage during activities such as coughing, sneezing, or physical exertion. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 45 to 65 years, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)
- What is being tested?
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Training, Pelvic-Floor-Specific Kinesthetic Motor Imagery and Dominant-Hand Kinesthetic Motor Imagery
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 28 Sep 2026to 5 Jan 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 45 to 65 years
- Women only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Women aged 45 to 60 years.
- Natural postmenopause, defined as the absence of menstruation for at least 12 consecutive months without a pathological, pharmacological, or surgical cause.
- Physician-diagnosed stress urinary incontinence.
- Sufficient cognitive and communication abilities to understand instructions in Turkish and complete the questionnaires and a three-day bladder/leakage diary.
- A score of at least 30 on each of the visual and kinesthetic imagery subscales of the Kinesthetic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire-20 (KVIQ-20), assessed before randomization.
Who cannot join
- Urgency, mixed, overflow, or neurogenic urinary incontinence.
- Stage III or IV pelvic organ prolapse according to the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q) system.
- Inability to correctly and voluntarily contract the pelvic floor muscles.
- Active urinary tract or vaginal infection, unexplained hematuria, or postmenopausal vaginal bleeding.
- Severe vaginal atrophy, vaginismus, genital lesions, or pelvic pain that prevents intravaginal assessment.
- Previous surgery for stress urinary incontinence or previous pelvic radiotherapy.
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- Pelvic floor rehabilitation for urinary incontinence within the previous 12 months.
- Neurological or cognitive disorders, or uncontrolled psychiatric illness, that could affect pelvic floor control, continence, or motor imagery ability.
- Serious or uncontrolled systemic or musculoskeletal conditions that prevent safe participation in the exercise program.
- Changes in hormone therapy within the previous six months or changes in medications affecting urinary system function within the previous three months.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Turkey (Türkiye)1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Istanbul Medipol University
Istanbul, Istanbul, 34815
Gizem Boztaş Elverişli, Assistant Professor, 05439076494, gboztas@medipol.edu.tr
About this study
Official title: Effectiveness of Kinesthetic Motor Imagery-Assisted Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Postmenopausal Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial
This study will evaluate whether adding mental rehearsal of pelvic floor muscle contractions to pelvic floor muscle training improves stress urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women. Stress urinary incontinence is urine leakage during activities such as coughing, sneezing, or physical exertion. Mental rehearsal involves imagining the sensation of a movement without physically performing it.
The study will include 60 women aged 45 to 65 years who have completed natural menopause and have stress urinary incontinence. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. Both groups will receive the same supervised pelvic floor muscle training twice a week for 12 weeks. Before performing the pelvic floor exercises, one group will imagine contracting and relaxing the pelvic floor muscles. The other group will imagine making and opening a fist with their dominant hand.
Assessments will take place before treatment and at the end of 12 weeks. The main outcome will be urinary incontinence symptom severity. Additional assessments will examine urine leakage frequency and amount, incontinence-related quality of life, and pelvic floor muscle electrical activity.
Read the detailed description
This randomized, parallel-group, active-controlled trial will investigate the added effect of pelvic-floor-specific kinesthetic motor imagery when combined with pelvic floor muscle training. Kinesthetic motor imagery focuses on imagining the bodily sensation of a movement.
Participants will be allocated in a 1:1 ratio using computer-generated block randomization, with allocation concealed in sequentially numbered, opaque, sealed envelopes. The outcome assessor will remain blinded to group allocation.
In the experimental group, participants will imagine the sensation of closing, squeezing, and lifting the pelvic floor muscles, followed by relaxation, immediately before performing the corresponding physical contractions. In the active comparator group, participants will perform kinesthetic imagery of making and opening a fist with the dominant hand before completing the same pelvic floor exercises. Imagery duration, physical exercise dose, and therapist contact will be matched between groups to examine the contribution of imagery specifically directed at the pelvic floor.
The intervention will comprise 24 supervised sessions on nonconsecutive days, each lasting approximately 30 minutes. No additional home exercise program will be prescribed.
The primary outcome will be the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form total score. Secondary outcomes will include mean daily stress urinary leakage episodes recorded in a three-day diary, urinary loss measured by a 24-hour pad test, the Incontinence Quality of Life questionnaire total score, and pelvic floor muscle electrical activity measured using intravaginal surface electromyography. Electromyography will be used for assessment only.
Baseline and week-12 measurements will be analyzed to compare changes over time between groups, including the group-by-time interaction.
- Conditions
- Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)
- Being tested
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Training, Pelvic-Floor-Specific Kinesthetic Motor Imagery, Dominant-Hand Kinesthetic Motor Imagery
- Keywords
- Postmenopause, Kinesthetic Motor Imagery, Pelvic Floor Muscle Training
- Medical subject headings
- Urinary Incontinence, Stress
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Pelvic Floor Muscle TrainingBehavioural
Both groups will receive the same progressive, supervised pelvic floor muscle training program, including slow and fast contractions, graded contractions, and pre-contraction before coughing or physical effort (the Knack). Training will progress across three four-week phases, with increasing contraction demands and progression toward standing and functional activities. The program will be delivered as part of 24 supervised sessions over 12 weeks, twice weekly on nonconsecutive days. Each session, including the assigned motor imagery component, will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional home exercise program will be prescribed.
Pelvic-Floor-Specific Kinesthetic Motor ImageryBehavioural
Participants will mentally rehearse the sensation of closing, squeezing, and lifting the pelvic floor muscles around the urethra and vagina, followed by relaxation, without physically contracting during imagery. Kinesthetic imagery will be performed immediately before each corresponding physical pelvic floor contraction. This component will be integrated into all 24 supervised sessions over 12 weeks. Imagery duration and therapist contact will be matched to the dominant-hand imagery condition.
Dominant-Hand Kinesthetic Motor ImageryBehavioural
Participants will mentally rehearse the sensation of making and opening a fist with their dominant hand, without actual hand movement. This imagery will be performed immediately before each physical pelvic floor contraction and will be integrated into all 24 supervised sessions over 12 weeks. Imagery duration and therapist contact will be matched to the pelvic-floor-specific imagery condition. Participants will receive the same physical pelvic floor muscle training program as the experimental group.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Pelvic Floor Motor Imagery + Pelvic Floor Muscle Training | Experimental | Participants will receive pelvic-floor-specific kinesthetic motor imagery combined with supervised pelvic floor muscle training. Immediately before each physical pelvic floor contraction, participants will imagine the sensation of closing, squeezing, and lifting the pelvic floor muscles, followed by relaxation, without physically contracting during imagery. The program will include 24 supervised sessions over 12 weeks, delivered twice weekly on nonconsecutive days, with each session lasting approximately 30 minutes. Receives: Behavioral: Pelvic Floor Muscle Training; Behavioral: Pelvic-Floor-Specific Kinesthetic Motor Imagery |
| Hand Motor Imagery + Pelvic Floor Muscle Training | Active comparator | Participants will perform kinesthetic motor imagery of making and opening a fist with the dominant hand, without actual hand movement, immediately before each physical pelvic floor contraction. They will receive the same supervised pelvic floor muscle training as the experimental group. Imagery duration, physical exercise dose, and therapist contact will be matched between groups. The program will include 24 supervised sessions over 12 weeks, delivered twice weekly on nonconsecutive days, with each session lasting approximately 30 minutes. Receives: Behavioral: Pelvic Floor Muscle Training; Behavioral: Dominant-Hand Kinesthetic Motor Imagery |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF) Total Score
Urinary incontinence severity will be assessed using the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF). The questionnaire assesses the frequency and amount of urinary leakage and its impact on everyday life over the previous four weeks. The total score is calculated by summing three scored items and ranges from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating greater urinary incontinence severity.
Measured: Baseline (before the first treatment session) and at the end of the 12-week intervention.
Secondary outcomes (4)
Mean Daily Stress Urinary Leakage Episodes
The mean number of stress urinary leakage episodes per day will be calculated using a bladder diary completed over three consecutive days before each assessment. Participants will record leakage associated with coughing, sneezing, laughing, lifting, or physical exertion. The total number of stress urinary leakage episodes recorded over three days will be divided by three. Results will be expressed as episodes per day, with higher values indicating more frequent leakage.
Measured: Baseline (before the first treatment session) and at the end of the 12-week intervention.
Urinary Loss Measured by the 24-Hour Pad Test
Urinary loss will be measured using a 24-hour pad test. Pads will be weighed before and after use using a calibrated scale, and the same pad type will be used at both assessments. The differences between used and dry pad weights will be summed to calculate total urinary loss over 24 hours. Results will be expressed in grams per 24 hours, with higher values indicating greater urinary loss.
Measured: Baseline (before the first treatment session) and at the end of the 12-week intervention.
Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaire (I-QOL) Total Score
Incontinence-related quality of life will be assessed using the 22-item Incontinence Quality of Life questionnaire (I-QOL). The questionnaire covers avoidance and limiting behaviors, psychosocial impacts, and social embarrassment. The total score will be transformed to a scale ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better incontinence-related quality of life.
Measured: Baseline (before the first treatment session) and at the end of the 12-week intervention.
Mean Pelvic Floor Muscle Electrical Activity During Voluntary Contractions
Pelvic floor muscle electrical activity will be assessed using intravaginal surface electromyography. Following a 60-second resting recording, participants will perform three maximal voluntary contractions lasting 10 seconds each, separated by 20-second rest intervals. The mean electrical activity during each contraction will be calculated, and the average of the three contraction values will be reported in microvolts. Assessments will be performed with an empty bladder in a supine position with the knees flexed, using standardized probe placement and device settings.
Measured: Baseline (before the first treatment session) and at the end of the 12-week intervention.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted2 Oct 2026
- Study start28 Sep 2026
- Primary completion5 Jan 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion5 Jan 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)Studies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- This two-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial will allocate 60 participants in a 1:1 ratio (30 per group) to pelvic floor muscle training preceded by either pelvic-floor-specific kinesthetic motor imagery or kinesthetic imagery of making and opening a fist with the dominant hand. Both groups will receive the same supervised pelvic floor muscle training twice weekly for 12 weeks. Assessments will be conducted at baseline and at the end of week 12.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, gizem boztas, Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07853755
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- E-10840098-50.04-5397
- Status last verified
- Oct 2026
- First submitted
- 25 Sep 2026
- Last updated
- 8 Oct 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: There is currently no plan to share individual participant data. Study findings will be reported in aggregate form
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 8 Oct 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Kinesthetic Motor Imagery-Assisted Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Postmenopausal Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07853755
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- E-10840098-50.04-5397
- Conditions
- Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)
- Keywords
- Postmenopause, Kinesthetic Motor Imagery, Pelvic Floor Muscle Training
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Istanbul Medipol University HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 28 Sep 2026 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 5 Jan 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 5 Jan 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 2 Oct 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study will evaluate whether adding mental rehearsal of pelvic floor muscle contractions to pelvic floor muscle training improves stress urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women. Stress urinary incontinence is urine leakage during activities such as coughing, sneezing, or physical exertion. Mental rehearsal involves imagining the sensation of a movement without physically performing it.
The study will include 60 women aged 45 to 65 years who have completed natural menopause and have stress urinary incontinence. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. Both groups will receive the same supervised pelvic floor muscle training twice a week for 12 weeks. Before performing the pelvic floor exercises, one group will imagine contracting and relaxing the pelvic floor muscles. The other group will imagine making and opening a fist with their dominant hand.
Assessments will take place before treatment and at the end of 12 weeks. The main outcome will be urinary incontinence symptom severity. Additional assessments will examine urine leakage frequency and amount, incontinence-related quality of life, and pelvic floor muscle electrical activity.
Detailed description
This randomized, parallel-group, active-controlled trial will investigate the added effect of pelvic-floor-specific kinesthetic motor imagery when combined with pelvic floor muscle training. Kinesthetic motor imagery focuses on imagining the bodily sensation of a movement.
Participants will be allocated in a 1:1 ratio using computer-generated block randomization, with allocation concealed in sequentially numbered, opaque, sealed envelopes. The outcome assessor will remain blinded to group allocation.
In the experimental group, participants will imagine the sensation of closing, squeezing, and lifting the pelvic floor muscles, followed by relaxation, immediately before performing the corresponding physical contractions. In the active comparator group, participants will perform kinesthetic imagery of making and opening a fist with the dominant hand before completing the same pelvic floor exercises. Imagery duration, physical exercise dose, and therapist contact will be matched between groups to examine the contribution of imagery specifically directed at the pelvic floor.
The intervention will comprise 24 supervised sessions on nonconsecutive days, each lasting approximately 30 minutes. No additional home exercise program will be prescribed.
The primary outcome will be the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form total score. Secondary outcomes will include mean daily stress urinary leakage episodes recorded in a three-day diary, urinary loss measured by a 24-hour pad test, the Incontinence Quality of Life questionnaire total score, and pelvic floor muscle electrical activity measured using intravaginal surface electromyography. Electromyography will be used for assessment only.
Baseline and week-12 measurements will be analyzed to compare changes over time between groups, including the group-by-time interaction.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- This two-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial will allocate 60 participants in a 1:1 ratio (30 per group) to pelvic floor muscle training preceded by either pelvic-floor-specific kinesthetic motor imagery or kinesthetic imagery of making and opening a fist with the dominant hand. Both groups will receive the same supervised pelvic floor muscle training twice weekly for 12 weeks. Assessments will be conducted at baseline and at the end of week 12.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Pelvic Floor Motor Imagery + Pelvic Floor Muscle Training | Experimental | Behavioral: Pelvic Floor Muscle Training, Behavioral: Pelvic-Floor-Specific Kinesthetic Motor ImageryParticipants will receive pelvic-floor-specific kinesthetic motor imagery combined with supervised pelvic floor muscle training. Immediately before each physical pelvic floor contraction, participants will imagine the sensation of closing, squeezing, and lifting the pelvic floor muscles, followed by relaxation, without physically contracting during imagery. The program will include 24 supervised sessions over 12 weeks, delivered twice weekly on nonconsecutive days, with each session lasting approximately 30 minutes. |
| Hand Motor Imagery + Pelvic Floor Muscle Training | Active comparator | Behavioral: Pelvic Floor Muscle Training, Behavioral: Dominant-Hand Kinesthetic Motor ImageryParticipants will perform kinesthetic motor imagery of making and opening a fist with the dominant hand, without actual hand movement, immediately before each physical pelvic floor contraction. They will receive the same supervised pelvic floor muscle training as the experimental group. Imagery duration, physical exercise dose, and therapist contact will be matched between groups. The program will include 24 supervised sessions over 12 weeks, delivered twice weekly on nonconsecutive days, with each session lasting approximately 30 minutes. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 45 to 65 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Women aged 45 to 60 years.
- Natural postmenopause, defined as the absence of menstruation for at least 12 consecutive months without a pathological, pharmacological, or surgical cause.
- Physician-diagnosed stress urinary incontinence.
- Sufficient cognitive and communication abilities to understand instructions in Turkish and complete the questionnaires and a three-day bladder/leakage diary.
- A score of at least 30 on each of the visual and kinesthetic imagery subscales of the Kinesthetic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire-20 (KVIQ-20), assessed before randomization.
Key exclusion criteria (10 listed)
- Urgency, mixed, overflow, or neurogenic urinary incontinence.
- Stage III or IV pelvic organ prolapse according to the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q) system.
- Inability to correctly and voluntarily contract the pelvic floor muscles.
- Active urinary tract or vaginal infection, unexplained hematuria, or postmenopausal vaginal bleeding.
- Severe vaginal atrophy, vaginismus, genital lesions, or pelvic pain that prevents intravaginal assessment.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Pelvic Floor Muscle TrainingBoth groups will receive the same progressive, supervised pelvic floor muscle training program, including slow and fast contractions, graded contractions, and pre-contraction before coughing or physical effort (the Knack). Training will progress across three four-week phases, with increasing contraction demands and progression toward standing and functional activities. The program will be delivered as part of 24 supervised sessions over 12 weeks, twice weekly on nonconsecutive days. Each session, including the assigned motor imagery component, will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional home exercise program will be prescribed. | Behavioural | Hand Motor Imagery + Pelvic Floor Muscle Training, Pelvic Floor Motor Imagery + Pelvic Floor Muscle Training |
| Pelvic-Floor-Specific Kinesthetic Motor ImageryParticipants will mentally rehearse the sensation of closing, squeezing, and lifting the pelvic floor muscles around the urethra and vagina, followed by relaxation, without physically contracting during imagery. Kinesthetic imagery will be performed immediately before each corresponding physical pelvic floor contraction. This component will be integrated into all 24 supervised sessions over 12 weeks. Imagery duration and therapist contact will be matched to the dominant-hand imagery condition. | Behavioural | Pelvic Floor Motor Imagery + Pelvic Floor Muscle Training |
| Dominant-Hand Kinesthetic Motor ImageryParticipants will mentally rehearse the sensation of making and opening a fist with their dominant hand, without actual hand movement. This imagery will be performed immediately before each physical pelvic floor contraction and will be integrated into all 24 supervised sessions over 12 weeks. Imagery duration and therapist contact will be matched to the pelvic-floor-specific imagery condition. Participants will receive the same physical pelvic floor muscle training program as the experimental group. | Behavioural | Hand Motor Imagery + Pelvic Floor Muscle Training |
Primary outcome
International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF) Total Score
Time frame: Baseline (before the first treatment session) and at the end of the 12-week intervention.
Urinary incontinence severity will be assessed using the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF). The questionnaire assesses the frequency and amount of urinary leakage and its impact on everyday life over the previous four weeks. The total score is calculated by summing three scored items and ranges from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating greater urinary incontinence severity.
4 secondary outcomes
Mean Daily Stress Urinary Leakage Episodes
Time frame: Baseline (before the first treatment session) and at the end of the 12-week intervention.
Urinary Loss Measured by the 24-Hour Pad Test
Time frame: Baseline (before the first treatment session) and at the end of the 12-week intervention.
Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaire (I-QOL) Total Score
Time frame: Baseline (before the first treatment session) and at the end of the 12-week intervention.
Mean Pelvic Floor Muscle Electrical Activity During Voluntary Contractions
Time frame: Baseline (before the first treatment session) and at the end of the 12-week intervention.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 8 Oct 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. There is currently no plan to share individual participant data. Study findings will be reported in aggregate form
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Pelvic Floor Muscle Training, Pelvic-Floor-Specific Kinesthetic Motor Imagery and Dominant-Hand Kinesthetic Motor Imagery in people with Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI), run by Istanbul Medipol University Hospital at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
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What does the primary outcome measure?
International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF) Total Score (time frame: Baseline (before the first treatment session) and at the end of the 12-week intervention.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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