Musculoskeletal PainSCORENCT06525701
Surgeon Core-strengthening Program as a Modifier for Exertion Associated With Vaginal Surgery
A study testing Execise Group in people with Musculoskeletal Pain and Musculoskeletal Injury, run by Loyola University at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Work-related musculoskeletal pain and injury is a growing concern in surgery. Vaginal surgery has unique ergonomic risks, but no studies have addressed the potential for an exercise regimen to reduce physical strain by vaginal surgeons Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Musculoskeletal Pain, Musculoskeletal Injury
- What is being tested?
- Execise Group
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 18 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 12 Aug 2024to 1 Jul 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Participant: ob/gyn resident or urology resident or urogyn fellow or urogyn attending Case: vaginal prolapse surgery >2 hours in length
Who cannot join
- Participant:
- Actively in physical therapy
- Joint surgery or joint injury within last 12 weeks
- Pregnant
- Less than 6 weeks postpartum
- Case:
- Vaginal surgery <2 hours in length
- Non-prolapse vaginal surgery
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois, 60153
About this study
Official title: Surgeon Core-strengthening Program as a Modifier for Exertion Associated With Vaginal Surgery: the SCORE Randomized Controlled Trial
Work-related musculoskeletal pain and injury is a growing concern in surgery. Vaginal surgery has unique ergonomic risks, but no studies have addressed the potential for an exercise regimen to reduce physical strain by vaginal surgeons
Read the detailed description
Surgical ergonomics is a burgeoning field, spurred by the recognition of the high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal pain and injury in practicing surgeons including obstetrician/gynecologists. Surgery is often a demanding physical task, and the muscles and joints that are stressed vary by the surgical approach. Vaginal surgery has unique ergonomic challenges, particularly for assistants who may need to laterally bend their torsos to visualize the surgical field while still holding retractors. This is often a compromising physical position for the back, the shoulders, and sometimes the neck which increases the risk of acute or chronic musculoskeletal injury. The risk of injury can be thought of as a discrepancy between the demands of the task and the individual's physical capabilities. Surgeons' injury risk may be decreased if their physical capabilities can be improved through exercise. Most existing publications on surgical ergonomics have focused on raising awareness and on environmental changes such as optimizing surgeon posture during the case or introducing micro-breaks and stretching. Few publications have assessed a structured exercise program with the goal of decreasing surgeon pain or fatigue during and after surgery. To our knowledge, no studies have addressed this in vaginal surgery.
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Pain, Musculoskeletal Injury
- Being tested
- Execise Group, Control Group
- Medical subject headings
- Musculoskeletal Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Execise GroupOther
SCORE workout: eight exercises done sequentially: bicycles, balancing dog, windshield wipers, three-point plank, kayaker, super push-ups, bridge, and side plank. These workouts are modified from the core regimen recommended by Steve House and Scott Johnston in their book Training for the New Alpinism: A Manual for the Climber as Athlete (House 2014). Each exercise is done until fatigue: when the individual is no longer able to complete the exercise with good form. The participant then rests for approximately thirty to sixty seconds before beginning the next exercise. Passive stretching can be performed during the rest periods. The workout is complete at twenty minutes. Those individuals who complete all eight exercises in less than twenty minutes begin again with the first exercise (bicycles) and continue until reaching twenty minutes. The workout is thus adaptive-seamlessly increasing in repetitions as an individual's strength and endurance increase.
Control GroupOther
No additional exercises or tasks are requested of control participants. Control group participants will perform or not perform exercise as they otherwise would outside of the study.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise Group | Experimental | Participants randomized to the exercise group will be asked to perform the SCORE workout two times each week for 4 weeks prior to their urogynecology rotation and for 4 weeks during the rotation. Receives: Other: Execise Group; Other: Control Group |
| Control Group | Active comparator | No additional exercises or tasks are requested of control participants. Control group participants will perform or not perform exercise as they otherwise would outside of the study Receives: Other: Execise Group; Other: Control Group |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The effect of a core-strengthening program on surgeons' physical exertion during and after vaginal prolapse surgery using the Borg rating of perceived exertion (Borg CR10). To determine the effect of a core-strengthening program on surgeon
The effect of a core-strengthening program on surgeons' physical exertion during and after vaginal prolapse surgery as measured by the Borg Category Ratio (CR-10). The Borg Category Ratio scale is a self-reported tool that describes level of exertion and ranges from 0-10 where larger numbers represent greater exertion.
Measured: 8-12 weeks
Secondary outcomes (4)
To describe the baseline core strength in a population of vaginal surgeons using the validated Core Score
- Core Score: The Core Score ranges from 0-12 where higher scores indicate better performance on core-related exercises.
Measured: 8-12 weeks
To describe the execise habits and activity level in a populationa of vaginal surgeons using activity tracker data and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire.
- International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF): Participant responses on time spent walking, doing moderate exercise, and doing vigorous exercise are first compared to a rubric for the categorical score. The categorical score ranges 1-3 where 1 is "inactive" and 3 is "health-enhancing physical activity". Participant responses are also used to calculate the weekly metabolic equivalent (MET) minutes where a higher number indicates more time spent being physically active.
Measured: 8-12 weeks
To measure the effect of a core-strengthening program on surgeons' pain during and after vaginal prolapse surgery using the PROMIS Pain Intensity-Short Form (PI-SF) and body diagrams.
- PROMIS Pain Intensity-Short Form (PI-SF): The raw score ranges from 3-15 where higher scores indicate more pain. Raw scores are converted to t-scores where a t-score of 50 represents the average in the United States population.
Measured: 8-12 weeks
To measure objective and subjective change in core strength after completion of the core-strengthening program using the Core Score and Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I).
- Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I): Lower Patient Global Impression of Improvement scores indicate more improvement. PGI-I ranges from 1 ("very much better") to 7 ("very much worse").
Measured: 8-12 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted29 Jul 2024
- Study start12 Aug 2024
- Primary completion1 Jul 2025
- Study completion1 Jul 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (26)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Musculoskeletal PainStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- The intervention group will complete a core workout lasting 20 minutes twice a week for 4 weeks
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Investigator
- Enrolment
- 18 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Loyola University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Marian G. Acevedo Alvarez, Loyola University
- Investigators
- Marian Acevedo-Alvarez, MD, Principal investigator, Loyola Medical Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06525701
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 218292
- Acronym
- SCORE
- Status last verified
- Sep 2025
- First submitted
- 24 Jul 2024
- Last updated
- 9 Sep 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Giagio S, Volpe G, Pillastrini P, Gasparre G, Frizziero A, Squizzato F. A Preventive Program for Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Surgeons: Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Ann Surg. 2019 Dec;270(6):969-975. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003199.
PubMed 30672801Allespach H, Sussman M, Bolanos J, Atri E, Schulman CI. Practice Longer and Stronger: Maximizing the Physical Well-Being of Surgical Residents with Targeted Ergonomics Training. J Surg Educ. 2020 Sep-Oct;77(5):1024-1027. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Aug 4.
PubMed 32763097Al Reshidi FS. Level of Physical Activity of Physicians Among Residency Training Program At Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, KSA 2014. Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2016 Jan;10(1):39-47. doi: 10.12816/0031215.
PubMed 27004056Bertolaccini L, Viti A, Terzi A. Ergon-trial: ergonomic evaluation of single-port access versus three-port access video-assisted thoracic surgery. Surg Endosc. 2015 Oct;29(10):2934-40. doi: 10.1007/s00464-014-4024-6. Epub 2014 Dec 17.
PubMed 25515979Cruz-Montecinos C, Bustamante A, Candia-Gonzalez M, Gonzalez-Bravo C, Gallardo-Molina P, Andersen LL, Calatayud J. Perceived physical exertion is a good indicator of neuromuscular fatigue for the core muscles. J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2019 Dec;49:102360. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2019.102360. Epub 2019 Sep 28.
PubMed 31580987Choi SH, Kuchta K, Rojas A, Mehdi SA, Ramirez Barriga M, Hays S, Talamonti MS, Hogg ME. Residents perform better technically, have less stress and workload, and prefer robotic to laparoscopic technique during inanimate simulation. Surg Endosc. 2023 Sep;37(9):7230-7237. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10216-5. Epub 2023 Jul 3.
PubMed 37395804Craig CL, Marshall AL, Sjostrom M, Bauman AE, Booth ML, Ainsworth BE, Pratt M, Ekelund U, Yngve A, Sallis JF, Oja P. International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003 Aug;35(8):1381-95. doi: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000078924.61453.FB.
PubMed 12900694Dairywala MI, Gupta S, Salna M, Nguyen TC. Surgeon Strength: Ergonomics and Strength Training in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Winter;34(4):1220-1229. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.09.015. Epub 2021 Sep 29.
PubMed 34597795Friedrich J, Brakke R, Akuthota V, Sullivan W. Reliability and Practicality of the Core Score: Four Dynamic Core Stability Tests Performed in a Physician Office Setting. Clin J Sport Med. 2017 Jul;27(4):409-414. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000366.
PubMed 28653966Henriksen A, Haugen Mikalsen M, Woldaregay AZ, Muzny M, Hartvigsen G, Hopstock LA, Grimsgaard S. Using Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches to Measure Physical Activity in Research: Analysis of Consumer Wrist-Worn Wearables. J Med Internet Res. 2018 Mar 22;20(3):e110. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9157.
PubMed 29567635Jo D, Bilodeau M. Rating of perceived exertion (RPE) in studies of fatigue-induced postural control alterations in healthy adults: Scoping review of quantitative evidence. Gait Posture. 2021 Oct;90:167-178. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.08.015. Epub 2021 Aug 25.
PubMed 34492503Keohane DM, McGillivary NA, Daly B. Physical activity levels and perceived barriers to exercise participation in Irish General Practitioners and General Practice trainees. Ir Med J. 2018 Feb 9;111(2):690.
PubMed 29952439Kopkash K, Novak K, Murphy R, Deliere A, Kuchta K, Rabbitt S, Pesce C, Winchester D, Yao K. Improving the Breast Surgeon's Ergonomic Workload for Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies Using Exercise and Operating Room Positioning Protocol. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Oct;28(10):5698-5706. doi: 10.1245/s10434-021-10447-7. Epub 2021 Jul 27.
PubMed 34318384Kromberg LS, Kildebro NV, Mortensen LQ, Amirian I, Rosenberg J. Microbreaks in Laparoscopic Appendectomy have No Effect on Surgeons' Performance and Well-being. J Surg Res. 2020 Jul;251:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.01.007. Epub 2020 Feb 21.
PubMed 32092608Lentz TA, Rhon DI, George SZ. Predicting Opioid Use, Increased Health Care Utilization and High Costs for Musculoskeletal Pain: What Factors Mediate Pain Intensity and Disability? J Pain. 2020 Jan-Feb;21(1-2):135-145. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2019.06.004. Epub 2019 Jun 13.
PubMed 31201989
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Sep 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Surgeon Core-strengthening Program as a Modifier for Exertion Associated With Vaginal Surgery: the SCORE Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06525701
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SCORE / 218292
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Pain, Musculoskeletal Injury
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 18 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Loyola UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 12 Aug 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Jul 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 Jul 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 29 Jul 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Work-related musculoskeletal pain and injury is a growing concern in surgery. Vaginal surgery has unique ergonomic risks, but no studies have addressed the potential for an exercise regimen to reduce physical strain by vaginal surgeons
Detailed description
Surgical ergonomics is a burgeoning field, spurred by the recognition of the high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal pain and injury in practicing surgeons including obstetrician/gynecologists. Surgery is often a demanding physical task, and the muscles and joints that are stressed vary by the surgical approach. Vaginal surgery has unique ergonomic challenges, particularly for assistants who may need to laterally bend their torsos to visualize the surgical field while still holding retractors. This is often a compromising physical position for the back, the shoulders, and sometimes the neck which increases the risk of acute or chronic musculoskeletal injury. The risk of injury can be thought of as a discrepancy between the demands of the task and the individual's physical capabilities. Surgeons' injury risk may be decreased if their physical capabilities can be improved through exercise. Most existing publications on surgical ergonomics have focused on raising awareness and on environmental changes such as optimizing surgeon posture during the case or introducing micro-breaks and stretching. Few publications have assessed a structured exercise program with the goal of decreasing surgeon pain or fatigue during and after surgery. To our knowledge, no studies have addressed this in vaginal surgery.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- The intervention group will complete a core workout lasting 20 minutes twice a week for 4 weeks
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise Group | Experimental | Other: Execise Group, Other: Control GroupParticipants randomized to the exercise group will be asked to perform the SCORE workout two times each week for 4 weeks prior to their urogynecology rotation and for 4 weeks during the rotation. |
| Control Group | Active comparator | Other: Execise Group, Other: Control GroupNo additional exercises or tasks are requested of control participants. Control group participants will perform or not perform exercise as they otherwise would outside of the study |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Participant: ob/gyn resident or urology resident or urogyn fellow or urogyn attending Case: vaginal prolapse surgery >2 hours in length
Key exclusion criteria (8 listed)
- Actively in physical therapy
- Joint surgery or joint injury within last 12 weeks
- Pregnant
- Less than 6 weeks postpartum
- Vaginal surgery <2 hours in length
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Execise GroupSCORE workout: eight exercises done sequentially: bicycles, balancing dog, windshield wipers, three-point plank, kayaker, super push-ups, bridge, and side plank. These workouts are modified from the core regimen recommended by Steve House and Scott Johnston in their book Training for the New Alpinism: A Manual for the Climber as Athlete (House 2014). Each exercise is done until fatigue: when the individual is no longer able to complete the exercise with good form. The participant then rests for approximately thirty to sixty seconds before beginning the next exercise. Passive stretching can be performed during the rest periods. The workout is complete at twenty minutes. Those individuals who complete all eight exercises in less than twenty minutes begin again with the first exercise (bicycles) and continue until reaching twenty minutes. The workout is thus adaptive-seamlessly increasing in repetitions as an individual's strength and endurance increase. | Other | Control Group, Exercise Group |
| Control GroupNo additional exercises or tasks are requested of control participants. Control group participants will perform or not perform exercise as they otherwise would outside of the study. | Other | Control Group, Exercise Group |
Primary outcome
The effect of a core-strengthening program on surgeons' physical exertion during and after vaginal prolapse surgery using the Borg rating of perceived exertion (Borg CR10). To determine the effect of a core-strengthening program on surgeon
Time frame: 8-12 weeks
The effect of a core-strengthening program on surgeons' physical exertion during and after vaginal prolapse surgery as measured by the Borg Category Ratio (CR-10). The Borg Category Ratio scale is a self-reported tool that describes level of exertion and ranges from 0-10 where larger numbers represent greater exertion.
4 secondary outcomes
To describe the baseline core strength in a population of vaginal surgeons using the validated Core Score
Time frame: 8-12 weeks
To describe the execise habits and activity level in a populationa of vaginal surgeons using activity tracker data and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire.
Time frame: 8-12 weeks
To measure the effect of a core-strengthening program on surgeons' pain during and after vaginal prolapse surgery using the PROMIS Pain Intensity-Short Form (PI-SF) and body diagrams.
Time frame: 8-12 weeks
To measure objective and subjective change in core strength after completion of the core-strengthening program using the Core Score and Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I).
Time frame: 8-12 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Sep 2025.
- Background: PubMed 30672801Giagio S, Volpe G, Pillastrini P, Gasparre G, Frizziero A, Squizzato F. A Preventive Program for Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Surgeons: Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Ann Surg. 2019 Dec;270(6):969-975. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003199.
- Background: PubMed 32763097Allespach H, Sussman M, Bolanos J, Atri E, Schulman CI. Practice Longer and Stronger: Maximizing the Physical Well-Being of Surgical Residents with Targeted Ergonomics Training. J Surg Educ. 2020 Sep-Oct;77(5):1024-1027. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Aug 4.
- Background: PubMed 27004056Al Reshidi FS. Level of Physical Activity of Physicians Among Residency Training Program At Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, KSA 2014. Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2016 Jan;10(1):39-47. doi: 10.12816/0031215.
- Background: PubMed 25515979Bertolaccini L, Viti A, Terzi A. Ergon-trial: ergonomic evaluation of single-port access versus three-port access video-assisted thoracic surgery. Surg Endosc. 2015 Oct;29(10):2934-40. doi: 10.1007/s00464-014-4024-6. Epub 2014 Dec 17.
- Background: PubMed 31580987Cruz-Montecinos C, Bustamante A, Candia-Gonzalez M, Gonzalez-Bravo C, Gallardo-Molina P, Andersen LL, Calatayud J. Perceived physical exertion is a good indicator of neuromuscular fatigue for the core muscles. J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2019 Dec;49:102360. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2019.102360. Epub 2019 Sep 28.
- Background: PubMed 37395804Choi SH, Kuchta K, Rojas A, Mehdi SA, Ramirez Barriga M, Hays S, Talamonti MS, Hogg ME. Residents perform better technically, have less stress and workload, and prefer robotic to laparoscopic technique during inanimate simulation. Surg Endosc. 2023 Sep;37(9):7230-7237. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10216-5. Epub 2023 Jul 3.
- Background: PubMed 12900694Craig CL, Marshall AL, Sjostrom M, Bauman AE, Booth ML, Ainsworth BE, Pratt M, Ekelund U, Yngve A, Sallis JF, Oja P. International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003 Aug;35(8):1381-95. doi: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000078924.61453.FB.
- Background: PubMed 34597795Dairywala MI, Gupta S, Salna M, Nguyen TC. Surgeon Strength: Ergonomics and Strength Training in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Winter;34(4):1220-1229. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.09.015. Epub 2021 Sep 29.
- Background: PubMed 28653966Friedrich J, Brakke R, Akuthota V, Sullivan W. Reliability and Practicality of the Core Score: Four Dynamic Core Stability Tests Performed in a Physician Office Setting. Clin J Sport Med. 2017 Jul;27(4):409-414. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000366.
- Background: PubMed 29567635Henriksen A, Haugen Mikalsen M, Woldaregay AZ, Muzny M, Hartvigsen G, Hopstock LA, Grimsgaard S. Using Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches to Measure Physical Activity in Research: Analysis of Consumer Wrist-Worn Wearables. J Med Internet Res. 2018 Mar 22;20(3):e110. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9157.
- Background: PubMed 34492503Jo D, Bilodeau M. Rating of perceived exertion (RPE) in studies of fatigue-induced postural control alterations in healthy adults: Scoping review of quantitative evidence. Gait Posture. 2021 Oct;90:167-178. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.08.015. Epub 2021 Aug 25.
- Background: PubMed 29952439Keohane DM, McGillivary NA, Daly B. Physical activity levels and perceived barriers to exercise participation in Irish General Practitioners and General Practice trainees. Ir Med J. 2018 Feb 9;111(2):690.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Marian Acevedo-Alvarez, MD principal investigator
Loyola Medical Center
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Execise Group in people with Musculoskeletal Pain and Musculoskeletal Injury, run by Loyola University at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Sep 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
The effect of a core-strengthening program on surgeons' physical exertion during and after vaginal prolapse surgery using the Borg rating of perceived exertion (Borg CR10). To determine the effect of a core-strengthening program on surgeon (time frame: 8-12 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06525701, which also lists 26 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Sep 2025; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 27 Oct 2026.