A literature review was performed on the topic of urinary incontinence during physical activity and sports. This paper reviews the prevalence, risk factors, pathophysiology and treatment modalities of urinary incontinence in physically active women and female athletes. Urinary incontinence affects women of all ages, including top female athletes, but is often under-reported. The highest prevale...

AIM Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common dysfunction, affecting especially women of all ages. The terminology of low back pain (LBP) and radiculopathy (RP) may be misused interchangeably with each other. There are many reports of the association with LBP and incontinence but those involving compression of nerve root(as RP), has not been distinguished from isolated low back pain. This study was...

BACKGROUND Male urinary incontinence adversely affects health-related quality of life and is associated with significant psychosexual and financial burden. The two most common forms of male incontinence are stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and overactive bladder (OAB) with concomitant urge urinary incontinence (UUI). OBJECTIVE The objectives of this article are to briefly review the current ...

Urinary incontinence is defined by the International Continence Society as involuntary urinary leakage. The condition is common among older people. It affects more than a fifth of people aged over 85 years, according to a recent cohort study, although this is probably an underestimate. Urinary incontinence has both physical and psychological consequences, including damage to skin, urinary tract...

Although urinary incontinence is a common problem among women and can seriously affect their quality of life, more than half of women report no discomfort with the disorder, and most do not seek medical help. In Turkey, women traditionally prefer not to seek medical advice for a urinary incontinence problem. Except for treatment-seeking behaviors, women practice coping methods for the managemen...

PURPOSE The purposes of this study were to examine the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention program combining pelvic floor muscle exercise with bladder training for urinary incontinence and also to conduct follow-up assessment after self-training. METHODS This study was conducted using a non-equivalent control group, pretest-posttest design. The subjects were 60 middle-aged women (contr...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to explore the effects of menopause and hormone therapy on the symptoms and signs of stress urinary incontinence and urge urinary incontinence. METHODS Records of women who attended a tertiary urogynecological unit were reviewed retrospectively. A standardized interview included evaluations of symptoms, menopause age (ie, time since last menstrual period or onset of ...

Objective: Urinary incontinence is defined as urinary that a social or hygienic problem and can be objectively demonstrated. It aimed to compare tolterodine, trospium chloride solifenacin treatments, its side effects on patients who have complaints of pure mixed incontinence.
 Material Method: Totally 98 patients, applied Ankara Etlik Zubeyde Hanım Gynecology Training Research Hospital, Ur...

BACKGROUND To explore the additive effect of urinary incontinence, in people with comorbid depression, on health related quality of life. METHODS Males and females, 15 to 95 years (n = 3010, response rate 70.2%) were interviewed face to face in the 1998 Autumn South Australian Health Omnibus Survey. RESULTS Self-reported urinary incontinence was found in 20.3% (n=610), and depression as def...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the relation between total fluid intake and incident urinary incontinence in the Nurses' Health Study cohorts. STUDY DESIGN We measured daily fluid intake using food frequency questionnaires among 65,167 women, who were 37-79 years old, without urinary incontinence at study baseline (2000-2001). Women reported incontinence incidence on questionnaires during 4 years o...