Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women

C Dumoulin, LP Cacciari… - Cochrane database of …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is the most commonly used physical therapy
treatment for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). It is sometimes also …

Comparisons of approaches to pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women

EJC Hay‐Smith, R Herderschee… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Pelvic floor muscle training is the most commonly recommended physical
therapy treatment for women with stress urinary incontinence. It is also sometimes …

Assessment of voluntary pelvic floor muscle contraction in continent and incontinent women using transperineal ultrasound, manual muscle testing and vaginal …

JA Thompson, PB O'Sullivan, NK Briffa… - International …, 2006 - Springer
The aims of the study were:(1) to assess women performing voluntary pelvic floor muscle
(PFM) contractions, on initial instruction without biofeedback teaching, using transperineal …

Determining the optimal pelvic floor muscle training regimen for women with stress urinary incontinence

C Dumoulin, C Glazener… - Neurourology and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Pelvic floor muscle (PFM) training has received Level‐A evidence rating in the treatment of
stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women, based on meta‐analysis of numerous …

Evidence for benefit of transversus abdominis training alone or in combination with pelvic floor muscle training to treat female urinary incontinence: a systematic …

K Bø, S Mørkved, H Frawley… - … : Official Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) has Level A evidence to treat female urinary
incontinence (UI). Recently, indirect training of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) via the …

Interaction among apical support, levator ani impairment, and anterior vaginal wall prolapse

L Chen, JA Ashton-Miller, Y Hsu… - Obstetrics & …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To use a biomechanical model to explore how impairment of the pubovisceral
portion of the levator ani muscle, the apical vaginal suspension complex, or both might …

An alternative intervention for urinary incontinence: retraining diaphragmatic, deep abdominal and pelvic floor muscle coordinated function

HC Hung, SM Hsiao, SY Chih, HH Lin, JY Tsauo - Manual Therapy, 2010 - Elsevier
This study was a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effect of treating women with
stress or mixed urinary incontinence (SUI or MUI) by diaphragmatic, deep abdominal and …

Effect of increasing awareness of pelvic floor muscle function on pelvic floor dysfunction: a randomized controlled trial

K Berzuk, B Shay - International urogynecology journal, 2015 - Springer
Introduction and hypothesis This randomized controlled study with blinding allocation
evaluated pelvic floor knowledge (PFK) and the presence of pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) in …

Evaluation of pelvic floor muscle activity during running in continent and incontinent women: an exploratory study

M Leitner, H Moser, P Eichelberger… - Neurourology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Impact activities like running are known to elicit symptoms of stress urinary
incontinence (SUI). The aim of this study was to investigate and compare pelvic floor muscle …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention of urinary and fecal incontinence in adults.

T Shamliyan, J Wyman, DZ Bliss, RL Kane… - Evidence report …, 2007 - europepmc.org
Objectives To assess the prevalence of and risk factors for urinary (UI) and fecal (FI)
incontinence in adults in long-term care (LTC) settings and in the community, the …