Involuntary reflexive pelvic floor muscle training in addition to standard training versus standard training alone for women with stress urinary incontinence: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Outcome measures and personal physiotherapy consultation time points

	Baseline before intervention phase	16-week intervention phase (1) after randomization into control group and experimental group									After intervention phase	6-month follow-up
Visits	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Weeks	−1	1	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	16 + 1	16 + 26
Personal Physiotherapy Consultation (PT)		PT1	PT2	PT3	PT4	PT5	PT6	PT7	PT8	PT9
Primary outcome
ICIO-UIsf	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Secondary outcomes
EMG (rest, MVC)	x										x	x
EMG (VFC, SJ, CMJ, DJ)	x										x	x
EMG (running 7, 9, 11 km/h)	x										x	x
ICIQ-UIsf												x
ICIQ-LUTSqol	x										x	x
20-min pad test	x										x	x
Tertiary outcomes
Manual muscle testing	x										x	x
Therapy adherence			x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

ICIQ-UIsf International Consultation on Incontinence Modular Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence (short form), EMG electromyography, MVC maximal voluntary contraction, VFC voluntary fast contraction, SJ squat jump, CMJ counter movement jump, DJ drop jump, ICIQ-LUTSqol International Consultation on Incontinence Modular Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence Symptoms Quality of Life

ISSN: 1745-6215