QUESTION What evidence is there for alternative exercises to specific pelvic floor muscle training for treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women? DESIGN A systematic review was conducted with searches of PubMed and PEDro to January 2013. The quality of randomised trials was evaluated using the PEDro scale. Each type of exercise was classified as being in a Development Phase, Testing P...

Urinary incontinence is a common problem among adults and conservative management is recommended as the first-line treatment. Physical therapies, particularly pelvic floor muscle exercise, are the mainstay of such conservative management. The purpose of this review is to summarise current literature and describe trends in the use of pelvic floor muscle exercise in the management of urinary inco...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the quality of life in women with urinary incontinence (categorised by urodynamic findings). DESIGN Prospective cohort study on patients. SETTING Urogynaecology unit of a university teaching hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS. Female patients presenting to our clinic from July 2008 to December 2009 and having their urinary incontinence categorised by urodynamic study. ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcomes of tension-free vaginal tape in the treatment of primary versus recurrent genuine stress urinary incontinence. METHODS A retrospective, multicenter study of 245 consecutive women who were treated with tension-free vaginal tape for genuine stress urinary incontinence (157 for primary and 88 for recurrent genuine stress urinary incontinence) over a 27-month pe...

Outcome evaluation of a multidisciplinary community-based continence service for Australian women, Women and Health. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitiv...

Urinary incontinence in women is a common problem. With increasing age its prevalence and severity of its manifestations increase. Among nursing home residents the frequency is between 43 and 77 %, 6 to 10 % of all admissions to nursing homes are due to urinary incontinence. The risk for urinary incontinence among women with cognitive deficits is 1.5- to 3.4-fold higher than for women without m...

Control of micturition is a complex physiological and anatomical process which often fails in women. The sequelae of urinary incontinence in women range from inconvenience to social and psychological stigmatization. Surprisingly, many women are tolerant of often quite severe sequelae, despite a range of management techniques that exist to alleviate or cure incontinence. Some of the more success...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women with multiple sclerosis (MS) and to what degree these women are bothered by their SUI, since there is a paucity of literature regarding the nature of SUI in this unique population of women. METHODS We conducted a prospective Institutional Review Board approved study. Women scheduled...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of urinary incontinence in women is difficult to estimate because definitions vary between researchers and among women, for whom thresholds of complaint differ. However, studies have also shown that only about a quarter of women affected by urinary incontinence consult a doctor for their symptoms, despite evidence of effective treatments and better management of the co...