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 …

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 …

Introduction The terminology for female and male pelvic floor muscle (PFM) assessment has
expanded considerably since the first PFM function and dysfunction standardization of …

The pelvic floor consists of levator ani muscles including puborectalis, pubococcygeus and
iliococcygeus muscles, and coccygeus muscles. Pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) is …

To determine the effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) with or without
biofeedback or electrostimulation in reducing urinary incontinence and pelvic floor muscle …

The anatomic structures in the female that prevent incontinence and genital organ prolapse
on increases in abdominal pressure during daily activities include sphincteric and …

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Conclusion This is the first extensive systematic literature review undertaken of the existing
evidence surrounding comprehensive physiotherapy management of the spontaneously …

Urinary incontinence is defined as “the complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine” and is
a common problem in the female population with prevalence rates varying between 10 …

To date several randomized controlled trials (RCT) have shown that pelvic floor muscle
(PFM) training is effective in the treatment of female stress (SUI) and mixed urinary …