Clinical trial · Interventional
Whole Body Vibration and Pelvic Floor Exercises on Urinary Incontinence
The Role of Whole Body Vibration and Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises in Treating Urinary Incontinence Following Prostate Cancer Surgery: A Comparative Randomized Controlled Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Stress urinary incontinence is common in men following prostate cancer surgery. Rehabilitative interventions incorporate pelvic floor muscle training, biofeedback, electrical stimulation, lifestyle changes, or a combination of these strategies. However, little is known about the physiological impact of whole-body vibration for stress urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy. Participants: Sixty-one patients with mild Stress urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. Intervention: patients were randomly assigned into two groups: group 1 included 30 patients who received pelvic floor muscle training and whole-body vibration training with a frequency and amplitude of 20 Hz/ 2 mm for the first 2 sessions and 40 Hz/ 4 mm for the rest of intervention; while group 2 included 31 patients who performed only pelvic floor muscle training. The intervention in both groups was performed three times per week for 4 weeks.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urinary Incontinence | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| whole body vibration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- study group
- description
- whole body vibration
- interventionNames
- Other: whole body vibration
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- control group
- description
- No intervention
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Incontinence Visual Analogue Scale (I-VAS)
- timeFrame
- 7 months
- description
- For the I-VAS, patients were asked to depict their subjective burden of incontinence on a 100-mm VAS. The question above the VAS line was: 'How annoyed are you by incontinence currently?' The 100-mmVAS scale scores ranged from 0 ('not irritated') to 10 ('extremely disturbed'). A 100-mm line labelled from 0 to 10 was used, with patients asked to mark their answer on the line. The I-VAS is a valid, reproducible and responsive tool for UI treatment and improving the quality of life of patients after urogynaecologic surgery
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Male
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * The initial sample was adult patients suffering from urinary incontinence at least 6 months after radical prostatectomy. Exclusion Criteria: * The exclusion criteria included patients with an artificial pacemaker, body mass index more than 35 kg/ m2, urinary infection, bleeding from the urinary bladder or the digestive tract, polyuria, diabetes mellitus, detrusor instability, neuromuscular disorders, and any other medical condition that affects participation in the training program.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDTantawy SA, Elgohary HMI, Abdelbasset WK, Kamel DM. Effect of 4 weeks of whole-body vibration training in treating stress urinary incontinence after prostate cancer surgery: a randomised controlled trial. Physiotherapy. 2019 Sep;105(3):338-345. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2018.07.013. Epub 2018 Sep 25. PMID 30630622