Immediate effects of Zhongji point acupuncture on pelvic floor structure in female patients with stress urinary incontinence: a randomized, single-blind, and sham-controlled clinical trial protocol

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is defined as involuntary leakage of urine from the external urethra due to increased abdominal pressure, for example, upon sneezing, coughing, or exercise. Acupuncture an effective therapy patients with SUI, although objective evidence its benefits mechanism action limited. Patients SUI often harbor structural changes pelvic floor, parameters which are measurable various perspectives and in multiple dimensions, dynamically comprehensively, through transperineal ultrasound (TPUS). The status such may then be assessed following acupuncture procedures. In present investigation, TPUS serves gauge immediate effects on floor structures female SUI.