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NCT03986411: POsITIve
Physiotherapy to Treat Urinary Incontinence in Athletes
NA trial testing Phase 1: Qualitative interviews: Health care professionals in Urinary Incontinence in 19 participants. Completed in 3 December 2020.
3 December 2020
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of Nottingham |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | na |
| Design | single group |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | health services research |
| Enrollment | 19 |
| Start date | 27 August 2019 |
| Primary completion | 3 December 2020 |
| Estimated completion | 3 December 2020 |
| Sites | 1 location across United Kingdom |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Phase 1: Qualitative interviews: Health care professionals
- Phase 2: Physiotherapy for urinary incontinence
- Phase 3: Qualitative Interviews: Participants
Conditions studied
- Urinary Incontinence — all drugs for Urinary Incontinence →
Sponsor
University of Nottingham
Who can join
18 and older, female only, with Urinary Incontinence. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Nearly half of all adult women suffer with Urinary incontinence (UI), this is more common in athletes. UI is considered to be due to weak pelvic floor muscles. Standard advice encourages strength and endurance training; however, assessment of pelvic floor muscles can sometimes reveal overactive or tight tissues. Evidence suggests athletes have stronger pelvic floors than non-athletes. If the pelvic floor is overactive, general advice regarding pelvic floor strengthening will not improve UI, and may make it worse. This study will explore the feasibility of conducting a larger trial to identify cost effectiveness and benefits of treating athletes with physiotherapy and how this might differ from current practice. 15 -20 athletic women will complete questionnaires regarding their UI and its effects on them. They will receive physiotherapy; the assessment will include a history and internal examination of their pelvic floor. This will inform a tailored rehabilitation program. Interviews will be conducted with some of these women to explore their response to the intervention. Interviews with health professionals will establish current practice for this patient group. The results will tell us how likely it is for athletes to volunteer and take part in a future study and which outcomes are useful.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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A feasibility study of the physiotherapy management of urinary incontinence in athletic women: trial protocol for the POsITIve study.
Campbell KG, Batt ME, Drummond A. · · 2020 · cited 6× · PMID 32695435 · DOI 10.1186/s40814-020-00638-6 -
Management of urinary incontinence in athletic women: the POsITIve feasibility study.
Campbell KG, Nouri F, E Batt M, Drummond A. · · 2022 · cited 1× · PMID 35101711 · DOI 10.1016/j.physio.2021.12.001
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03986411 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Nottingham
- Last refreshed: 1 June 2023
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