Pelvic muscle training with mental practice for bladder leaks after menopause
Part of Kidney & urinary, Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This study tests whether adding mental practice (imagining the exercises) to standard pelvic floor muscle training helps postmenopausal women with stress urinary incontinence (leaking urine when you cough, sneeze, or exercise) improve their symptoms. It aims to see if this extra mental approach makes the training more effective.
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Who can take part
- You are a woman between 45 and 60 years old.
- You have gone through natural menopause (no period for at least 12 months) and it was not caused by surgery, medication, or illness.
- A doctor has told you that you have stress urinary incontinence (leaking urine with coughing, sneezing, or physical activity).
- You can understand and follow instructions in Turkish and can fill out questionnaires and a 3-day bladder diary.
- You score at least 30 on both the visual and kinesthetic (movement) imagery parts of a mental imagery questionnaire.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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