Pelvic Floor Muscles Training Associated Dry Needling for Chronic Pelvic Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT03175809
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The presence of trigger points in the pelvic floor musculature (PFM) is a frequent condition in individuals with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and is associated with higher levels of pain, disability and functional decline. The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of two interventions: pelvic floor muscle (PFM) training with biofeedback and PFM training with the addition of trigger point dry needling applied over(Lumbar square, psoas, external obliques, gluteus medius, piriformis and adductors) on pain and quality of life of women with CPP.
Study details
- Official title
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Training With or Without Dry Needling for Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: PFM training
- Other: Dry needling
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
- Start date
- 2017-06-09
- Primary completion
- 2018-11-23
- Sex
- Female
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Brazil
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Women * Aged between 18 and 60 years * Pain in the lower pelvic and lumbar region, are not related to filling or emptying of the bladder, for more than 6 months * With medical diagnosis of CPP Exclusion Criteria: * Previous spinal surgery * Any neurological condition * Cancer, * Fractures in the pelvic region and or lumbar spine * Lumbar radiculopathy. * Pregnancy * Women with difficulty in understanding written or spoken language * Having urinary infection or appendicitis on the day of evaluation, * Who are diagnosed with Post-coital bleeding, postmenopausal bleeding, unexplained abrupt weight loss, presence of visible mass on ultrasound, macroscopic or microscopic hematuria. * Performed some surgical intervention with general anesthesia in the last 120 days, * Having being received Intervesical therapy or botox in the last 90 days, * Aversion / phobia to needles .
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03175809