The Efficacy of Electroacupuncture for Treatment of Simple Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Comparison With Pelvic Floor Muscle Training-a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2014
This research is primarily to compare effectiveness of electroacupuncture and pelvic floor muscle training for SUI, and evaluate optimal efficiency of electroacupuncture for stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The early clinical research is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a small sample,consisting of two arms of electroacupuncture group and sham electroacupuncture group to value difference of extent of SUI in 1h pad test after 4 weeks. The result indicates that electroacupuncture is an optimal method for SUI. As a further study, this research is a large sample multicenter trial with two parallel arms of electroacupuncture group and pelvic floor muscle training group. The primary purpose is to value effectiveness of electroacupuncture for SUI in aspect of frequency of leakage and amount of leakage, comparing with pelvic floor muscle training. And the secondary purpose is to evaluate safety of electroacupuncture therapy, and compare acceptance of electroacupuncture treatment and pelvic floor muscle training.
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First added on: May 11, 2024