The AccelERate study will evaluate the physical recovery of patients who have undergone Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) surgery. This will be evaluated via a self-reported recovery questionnaire completed daily. Participants will wear an accelerometer device on their non-dominant wrist and be given either routine or exercise-focused postoperative instructions. The primary outcome will be a comparison of the number of days needed to reach self-reported "mostly recovered" status between randomly assigned instruction groups.
Subject has provided written informed consent
Ambulatory women undergoing laparoscopic, robotic, or vaginal reconstructive or obliterative surgery for apical prolapse
POP-Q >= Stage III
Willing to participate in a postoperative exercise regimen
Inability or unwillingness to adhere to the exercise intervention
Contraindication to medium-intensity exercise
Comorbidities preventing physical activity
Planned abdominal approach with laparotomy
NICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders Network
Lead sponsor
RTI International
Collaborator
University of California, San Diego
Collaborator
University of Chicago
Collaborator
Duke University
Collaborator
Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Collaborator
University of Pennsylvania
Collaborator
Kaiser Permanente
Collaborator
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborator