More women participate in sports than ever before and the proportion of women athletes at
the Olympic Games is nearly 50%. The pelvic floor in women may be the only area of the …

Pelvic floor disorders are common, with 1 in 4 US women reporting moderate to severe
symptoms of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, or fecal incontinence. Given the …

Abstract Context The European Association of Urology guidelines on urinary incontinence
(UI) have been updated in cyclical fashion with successive major chapters being revised …

Introduction Urinary incontinence (UI) is a prevalent condition that interferes with women's
health‐related quality of life. Prevalence rates from earlier studies are wide‐ranging, due to …

Background Obesity is an established and modifiable risk factor for urinary incontinence, but
conclusive evidence for a beneficial effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence is lacking …

Objectives This study aimed to update estimates of urinary incontinence (UI) prevalence and
associated risk factors for adult women in the United States, using the National Health and …

ABSTRACT The second Nord-Trøndelag Health Study in 1995-97 (HUNT 2) was partly a
follow-up study of HUNT 1, conducted in 1984-86. HUNT 2 comprised, however, a larger …

PURPOSE: We reviewed the epidemiological literature on the association of obesity and
urinary incontinence, and summarized clinical trial data on the effect of weight loss on …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for urinary incontinence in
middle-aged women. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 83,355 …

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) has an observed prevalence of between 4% and 35%.
Whereas the clinical definition of SUI has been established by the International Continence …