NCT07074587Completed
Effects of Spinal Stabilization on the Pelvic Floor in Women With Multiple Sclerosis
Investigation of the Effects of Spinal Stabilization Exercises Focusing on the Pelvic Floor on Core Stability, Urinary Symptoms, and Pelvic Floor Muscle Function in Women With Multiple Sclerosis and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of spinal stabilization exercises focusing on the pelvic floor on core stability, urinary symptoms and pelvic floor muscle function in women with Multiple Sclerosis and lower urinary tract symptoms. Participants will be randomly assigned to a control group that receives pelvic floor muscle exercises only or an experimental group that receives both pelvic floor muscle exercises and spinal stabilization exercise focused on the pelvic floor. Outcome measures will be assessed pre- and post-intervention using validated instruments.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 49 (actual)
- First submitted
- 25 Jun 2025
- Start date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Primary completion date
- 23 Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Abant Izzet Baysal University
- Diseases
- Multiple sclerosis
- NCT number
- NCT07074587
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 49
- From 30 Jun 2025 to the primary completion date, 23 Jan 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Participation in exercise training or physical therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms within the past 6 months
Other illness
- Diagnosis of one or more neurological disorders other than Multiple Sclerosis
- History of antimuscarinic medication use
- Active urinary tract infection
- History of cesarean section or vaginal delivery within the past 6 months
- Diagnosis of any other neurological condition that may cause urinary incontinence
- History of urological or gynecological surgery
- History of malignancy
Other
- Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30
- Diagnosis of overflow urinary incontinence
- Presence of advanced pelvic organ prolapse (stage ≥ 2)
- Currently pregnant or not sexually active (coitus negative)
Who the study is looking for
- Female participants aged between 18 and 65 years
- Being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis by a specialist neurologist and having lower urinary system symptoms \[Overactive Bladder-V8 scale score ≥ 9 and having at least two of the lower urinary system symptoms (urinary incontinence, nocturia, daytime urination frequency \>8, storage symptoms such as sudden feeling of tightness, intermittent urination, slow urine flow and emptying symptoms such as incomplete emptying)
- Being in the mild or moderate stage of the disease (Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score ˂ 6
- No relapse experienced within the past month
- Scoring 24 or above on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
- Being literate
- Willingness to voluntarily participate in the study
- Ability to perform voluntary pelvic floor muscle contractions
- No changes in medical treatment within the past three months
- Ability to understand and cooperate with the assessments and interventions involved in the study
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Merkez | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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