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The Effect of Footwear Generated Biomechanical Manipulation on Symptoms of Stress Urinary Incontinence
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Footwear Generated Bio-Mechanical Manipulation (using shoes with pertupods) along with Traditional Pelvic Floor Therapy and Traditional Pelvic Floor Therapy for Pelvic Floor Disorders and Stress Urinary Incontinence. Completed, enrolled 55 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
FGBMM (footwear generated biomechanical manipulation) effects neuromuscular patterns of pelvic muscles. While there have been no published studies to our knowledge investigating the effect of FGBMM on urinary incontinence, FGBMM causes perturbations in balance and gait that create dynamics similar to dynamic lumbosacral stabilization exercises. The investigators propose that FGBMM induces the same bio-mechanical improvements as LPSE (lumbopelvic stabilization exercises) which have shown benefit for incontinence. Instead of instructing patients to co-contract the lower trunk and pelvic floor muscles as commonly done for LPSE, the shoes used in FGBMM can be calibrated in a way that causes this co-contraction to occur without the patient realizing. Beneficial pelvis and spine positioning can also be accomplished by strategic placement of the pods without having to instruct the patient on complicated maneuvers. Capitalizing on the excellent adherence and clinical benefits of FGBMM on related conditions, the investigators propose to evaluate the effects of FGBMM in addition to pelvic floor therapy for improving the symptoms of stress urinary incontinence in an urban inner city population.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Participants will have FGBMM using shoes with pertupods along with traditional pelvic floor therapy over the course of six months. This will include five sessions of gait assessment and re-calibration with daily at home exercise with the device (shoes) over the course of six months. Along with that, participant will receive traditional pelvic floor therapy of six sessions, up-to one sessions every alternate week. This will involve exercise and modalities as decided by medical providers and therapists. Participants will also have a home exercise program prescribed along with each session and for the remainder of six months.
Participant will receive traditional pelvic floor therapy of six sessions, up-to one sessions every alternate week. This will involve exercise and modalities as decided by medical providers and therapists. Participants will also have a home exercise program prescribed along with each session and for the remainder of six months.