Magnetic stimulation for stress urinary incontinence: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is currently a lack of randomized, sham-controlled trials that are adequately powered, using validated outcomes, to allow for firm recommendations on the use of magnetic stimulation for stress urinary incontinence. We report a protocol of a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled parallel-group trial to evaluate the efficacy of magnetic stimulation for stress urinary incontinence.

Methods/design

One hundred twenty subjects with stress urinary incontinence will be randomized in a 1:1 allocation to either active or sham magnetic stimulation using computer-generated, permuted blocks of variable sizes. Subjects will receive 2 sessions of magnetic stimulation per week for 8 weeks (16 sessions total). The primary outcome is the improvement in severi

SUBMITTER: Lim R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4477591 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature