Introduction and hypothesis Urinary incontinence (UI) is prevalent during pregnancy and
postpartum. UI in pregnancy strongly predicts UI postpartum and later in life. UI reduces …

Pelvic floor disorders after childbirth have distressing lifelong consequences for women,
requiring more than 300,000 women to have surgery annually. This represents …

Question Does an educational program with instructions for performing 'the Knack'improve
voluntary contraction of the pelvic floor muscles, reduce reports of urinary incontinence …

Introduction and hypothesis Pregnancy and delivery are thought to induce urinary
incontinence (UI), but its clinical impact is less known. Therefore, we investigated the …

Introduction and hypothesis There seems to be little knowledge about pelvic floor muscles
(PFMs) in the general population; however, literature confirming this assertion is scarce …

Introduction and hypothesis Pelvic floor dysfunction is a common condition which can lead
to distressing consequences such as urinary incontinence (UI), pelvic organ prolapse (POP) …

Background Stress urinary incontinence during pregnancy is closely related to the
occurrence of postpartum and long-term urinary incontinence. Early pelvic floor …

Introduction and hypothesis Urinary (UI) and anal incontinence (AI) are common pelvic floor
disorders (PFD), and postpartum women experiencing double incontinence (DI), the …

Introduction and hypothesis All pregnant women should be given advice on the benefits of
pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFMEs) in preventing urinary incontinence (UI) and know how …

Background The awareness and practice of pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) in the
prevention and reduction of the rate of urinary incontinence among pregnant women was …