Ethics approval and consent to participate
This protocol has been evaluated and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (Comité de Ética de Investigación con Medicamentos y comisión de proyectos de investigación del Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron) (PR(RAP)361/2018).
The development of the project is based on following and respecting the bioethical principles of beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, justice, dignity and privacy, the Declaration of Human Rights, the Belmont Report and the International Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights of UNESCO. It is also grounded on the statements of the World Medical Association of Helsinki, the Deontological Code of the Association of Medical Colleges of Spain and the Deontological Code of Physiotherapists of Catalonia and Spain.
All patients will be informed verbally and via an information sheet and will sign the informed consent. Participation in the study may be interrupted by the patient at any time, if desired, and without negative consequences for him.
All data collected will be confidential, respecting the Spanish data protection law (LOPD Ley Orgánica 3/2018, de 5 de diciembre, de Protección de Datos Personales y garantía de los derechos digitales). Likewise, the privacy of each of the participants will be respected at all times. Only the principal investigator, the physiotherapists who performed the interventions and the statistical analyst will have access to the final data set.
The aim is to publish the results in the form of doctoral thesis of the principal investigator.
Consent for publish
Not applicable
Availability of data and materials
Not applicable
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Funding
Not funding.
Authors' contributions
ACM and IRG were responsible for the study conception and design. MAMP collaboratively conceptualized the study objectives and methodology and provided a critical revision of the manuscript. RPA, SK and LBR helped conceptualize and design the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors declared that INDIBA SAU (ES) has no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Acknowledgements
We want to thank Mr. Sebastià Sendrós and his staff (INDIBA SAU, ES) who have voluntarily given their technical support to helping us with the randomization of the equipment (INDIBA Activ CT8â) to be used for this study. And thanks to Dr. Emilia Sánchez and Mr. Gary Gibson for their support in reviewing this article.
Authors’ information
Andrea Carralero Martíneza,b, Miguel Ángel Muñoz Pérezc,d,e , Regina Pané Alemanya, Laia Blanco Rattoa,f, Stephannie Kauffmanna,f,g, Inés Ramírez Garcíaa,h,i,j
aRehabilitación Abdomino-Pelviana (RAPbarcelona SL), Barcelona, España.
bServicio de Ginecología, Instituto Clínic de Ginecología, Obstetricia y Neonatología, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, España.
cInstitut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP-Jordi Gol), Barcelona, España.
dInstitut Català de la Salut (ICS), Barcelona, España.
eDepartament de Pediatria, Obstetricia i Ginecologia i Medicina Preventiva, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, España.
fFundació Universitària del Bages (FUB), Barcelona, España.
gServicio de Fisioterapia, Womens Salud y Bienestar de la Mujer SL, Barcelona, España.
hServicio de Fisioterapia, Instituto Médico Tecnológico SL, Barcelona, España.
iBlanquerna School of Health Science-Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, España.
jUniversidad Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Barcelona, España.