Effect of Postpartum Pelvic Floor Muscles Training in Pelvic Floor Muscles Strength on Postpartum Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence

Efficacy of Pelvic Floor Muscles Self Training in Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence: a Pilot Study

Hypothesis / aims of study Urinary incontinence (UI) may seriously influence the physical, psychological, social well-being and quality of life (QoL) of affected individuals. Most studies reported a prevalence of any female UI in the range of 25% to 45% and a meta-analysis of 48 reports showed a slightly higher stress urinary incontinence (SUI) incidence of 49% (1). Pelvic floor muscle training...

The effect of outpatient physical therapy intervention on pelvic floor muscles in women with urinary incontinence.

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of a weekly, short-term physical therapy intervention on the pelvic floor muscles and urinary incontinence (UI) among patients of the public health system. METHOD Quasi-experimental before-and-after study. Clinical history and function evaluation were performed using perineal bidigital maneuvers and perineometry. The intervention consisted of transvaginal electr...

Pelvic Floor Muscles

33 Normal bowel continence is a complex process that involves the coordinated interaction between multiple different neuronal pathways and the pelvic and perineal musculature.1 The importance of the anatomic relationships of the pelvic floor in maintaining normal continence has been suggested since the 1950s.2 Yet the complex series of neural and behavioral-mediated interactions, combined with ...

Electromyography Usefulness in Diagnosis of Functional Status of Pelvic Floor Muscles in Women with Urinary Incontinence

Pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women.

BACKGROUND Pelvic floor muscle training is the most commonly recommended physical therapy treatment for women with stress leakage of urine. It is also used in the treatment of women with mixed incontinence, and less commonly for urge incontinence. Adjuncts, such as biofeedback or electrical stimulation, are also commonly used with pelvic floor muscle training. The content of pelvic floor muscle...