Long Term Effects of Pre- and post Partum Pelvic Floor Muscle Treatment in Primigravid with Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Short Systematic Review

Consensus statements have concluded that there is Level 1, Grade A evidence that Pelvic Floor Muscle Treatment (PFMT) is significantly more effective thanno treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and mixed incontinence [1-3]. Reviews on PFMT in long term treatment of urinary incontinence (UI) report inconsistent results and there seems to be some doubt about the effect [1,4]. This may be due to use of different inclusion criteria of studies and different criteria to classify studies as long termtreatment interventions. Some authors do not separate between antenatal or post partum interventions [5], define long termdifferently [5] and there seem to be little attention towards dose-response issues in the training protocols [5].