Trial reportSao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina2012
Efficacy of pelvic floor muscle training and hypopressive exercises for treating pelvic organ prolapse in women: randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effects of Diaphragmatic Breathing With and Without Abdominal Muscles Strength Training Program on Pelvic Floor Strength, Endurance and Quality of Life in Postnatal Women
Short-term Effects of the Home-Based Hypopressive Exercises in Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Retrospective Comparative Study
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of pelvic floor muscle training on pelvic floor muscle morphometry in subjects with pelvic organ prolapse: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
- Completeness of exercise reporting among randomized controlled trials on pelvic floor muscle training for women with pelvic organ prolapse: A systematic review.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2021Pooled it
- Perioperative interventions in pelvic organ prolapse surgery.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Effect of hypopressive and conventional abdominal exercises on postpartum diastasis recti: A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2024Trial
- Effectiveness of adding voluntary pelvic floor muscle contraction to a Pilates exercise program: an assessor-masked randomized controlled trial.International urogynecology journal · 2016Trial
- A pilot randomized trial of conventional versus advanced pelvic floor exercises to treat urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy: a study protocol.BMC urology · 2015Trial
- Effects of Hypopressive Abdominal Training on Ventilatory Capacity and Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Role of Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging Technique in the Lumbopelvic Region as a Diagnosis and Treatment Tool in Physiotherapy: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Are There Any Differences in Abdominal Activation between Women and Men during Hypopressive Exercises?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Observational
- Impact of pelvic floor muscle training in pelvic organ prolapse.International urogynecology journal · 2021Review
- How to balance the treatment of stress urinary incontinence among female athletes?Archives of medical science : AMS · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the Lower Trapezius Muscle Using Ultrasound Panoramic View (a Novel Approach): An Intra- and Inter-Rater Reliability Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of Hypopressive Exercises in Women with Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- A comparison between stabilization exercises and pelvic floor muscle training in women with pelvic organ prolapse.Turkish journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2015Article
- Methodological quality of systematic reviews and clinical trials on women's health published in a Brazilian evidence-based health journal.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2013Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
CONTEXT AND
objectivePrevious studies have shown that women with pelvic floor dysfunctions present decreased cross-sectional area (CSA) of the levator ani muscle. One way to assess the effects of training programs is to measure the CSA of the muscle, using ultrasonography. The aim here was to evaluate the efficacy of pelvic floor muscle training and hypopressive exercises for increasing the CSA of the levator ani muscle in women with pelvic organ prolapse. DESIGN AND
settingProspective randomized controlled trial at the Urogynecology outpatient clinic of Universidade Federal de São Paulo.
methodsFifty-eight women with stage II pelvic organ prolapse were divided into three groups for physiotherapy: a pelvic floor muscle training group (GI); a hypopressive exercise group (GII); and a control group (GIII). The patients underwent transperineal ultrasonographic evaluation using a transducer of frequency 4-9 MHz. The (CSA) of the levator ani muscle was measured before physiotherapy and after 12 weeks of treatment.
resultsThe groups were homogeneous regarding age, number of pregnancies, number of vaginal deliveries, body mass index and hormonal status. Statistically significant differences in CSA were found in GI and GII from before to after the treatment (P < 0.001), but not in relation to GIII (P = 0.816).
conclusionsThe CSA of the levator ani muscle increased significantly with physiotherapy among the women with pelvic organ prolapse. Pelvic floor muscle training and hypopressive exercises produced similar improvements in the CSA of the levator ani muscle.
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