Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Women With Spinal Cord Injury

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and intravaginal neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) are effective in reducing urinary incontinence and improving quality of life in women with spinal cord injury (SCI).

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen
• Collaborators: Herlev Hospital; Rigshospitalet, Denmark; University of Copenhagen

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Incomplete SCI graded C, D og E on ASIA Impairment Scale, sustained minimum 3 months ago

• urinary incontinence, corresponding to a total ICIQ-UI-SF score ≥ 8

Exclusion Criteria:

• Regular treatment with botox bladder injections or < 1 year since last botox injection

• Lack of urodynamic investigation after the SCI

• Pregnancy

• Pacemaker

• Lack of ability to contract the pelvic floor muscles during objective clinical examination