Home biofeedback to improve bowel and bladder control
Part of Digestive system, Kidney & urinary, Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This study tests whether doing guided “biofeedback” exercises at home can improve problems with constipation/blocked feeling, fecal leaks, and/or urine leaks. It focuses on retraining the muscles used for toileting to help you empty more normally and have fewer accidents.
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Who can take part
- You must be at least 18 years old
- You must have one of these: functional constipation with dyssynergic defecation, fecal incontinence, or urinary incontinence
- If constipation applies: you must meet specific symptom patterns for at least 6 months and show dyssynergic muscle behavior during testing
- If fecal incontinence applies: you need at least 1 leak per week for 2 weeks (tracked by a stool diary) and no certain bowel diseases
- If urinary incontinence applies: you need at least 2 urine-leak episodes in 14 days on a diary for the past 3 months
- You must not have key exclusions like pregnancy, continuous urine leakage, rectal prolapse/active anal fissures, major neurologic disease, or recent opioid use
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