Therapeutic-educational Physiotherapy on Pain, Physical-functionality and Quality of Life in Women With Endometriosis.
Recruiting · NCT06212349 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: University of Valencia
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What this trial is about
This is a randomized clinical trial that will be carried out in women with endometriosis divided into two groups: the experimental group (EG) that will receive therapeutic-educational physiotherapy, which will combine therapeutic exercise with a pain education program, and the control group (CG) who will receive the pain education program. The participants will be evaluated at three moments: before starting the study (T1), after the 8-week treatment program (T2) and after another 8 weeks of follow-up in which they will be encouraged to continue with the treatment (T3). The initial assessment will include a medical and physiotherapy history, and at T1, T2 and T3 the following will be assessed: pain, abdominopelvic mobility, muscle status, functionality, sexual function, quality of life, stress and biomarkers of chronic inflammation.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- Diagnosis of endometriosis made by imaging techniques (MRI or ultrasound) or by surgery.
- A period of 3 months or more since the last surgery if they have undergone surgery.
- Who are receiving hormone treatment and have their disease under control.
- Persistent pelvic pain for at least 3 months.
- With pain and hypertonus in the pelvic musculature, myofascial syndrome, vestibulodynia or pudendal neuropathy.
- Consent to participate in the study
- Capable of carrying out the follow-up of the study until the final visit.
- Who have audiovisual resources and the internet at their disposal.
Exclusion criteria
- Women in the menopausal phase
- Women undergoing fertility treatment or planning to undergo fertility treatment in the next 3 months.
- Pregnant women.
- Women undergoing physiotherapy treatment or who have undergone physiotherapy treatment in the last 3 months.
- Having suffered a fracture in the last 3 months in the lower limb that limits their functional capacity.
- Cognitive illness that prevents correct comprehension of the exercises.
- Musculoskeletal pathology or neuropathy in acute phase.
- Having suffered or suffering from a neoplastic disease.
- Untreated endometriosis
- Acquired genital abnormalities of the pelvis or pelvic floor.
- Women in a situation of litigation or economic compensation, or pending the granting of a degree of disability.
- Severe mental illness (schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, etc.)
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, - Valencia, Spain