Hypothesis / aims of study The pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) has been indicated for treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction, with A level of evidence for the urinary incontinence (1). Recently, the indirect training of pelvic floor muscles (PFM) by transversus abdominis (TrA) muscle contraction has been suggested as a new method for strengthening PFM (2), and the hypopressive exercises reco...

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 ...

Consent in surgery. Wheeler R Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2006 May;88(3):261-4. A review of consent for surgery is timely. As the length of surgeons' training diminishes, despite the increasing interest in the content of the surgical curriculum, the law governing the process of gaining consent has been given scant attention. The advent of non-medically qualified surgical practitioners raises question...

Pelvic floor weakness is characterized by abnormal symptomatic displacement of pelvic organs. It represents a complex clinical problem most commonly seen in middle-aged and elderly parous women. Its diagnosis remains difficult in many cases, since these disorders typically present with nonspecific symptoms, such as pelvic pain, incontinence and constipation. Fluoroscopic colpocystodefecography ...

Aim: To assess the role of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POPQ) system in the evaluation of female pelvic organ prolapse. Design: Prospective study. Setting: Tanta University Hospital. Patients: The study was carried out on 60 patients having clinical manifestations suggesting pelvic floor weakness. Intervention: All the patients were subjected to his...

Urinary incontinence is a common problem among adults and conservative management is recommended as the first-line treatment. Physical therapies, particularly pelvic floor muscle exercise, are the mainstay of such conservative management. The purpose of this review is to summarise current literature and describe trends in the use of pelvic floor muscle exercise in the management of urinary inco...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of Kinesiotherapy on function and level of pressure of pelvic floor muscle and quality of life (QOL) of a group of women with urinary incontinence (UI). MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a randomized controlled pilot trial. Thirty women (age 60.87±9.05 years) were evaluated, before and after 12 weeks of treatment, for urinary loss, pelvic floor muscle function an...