AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To gain an in-depth understanding of women's experiences of performing pelvic floor muscle exercises for urinary incontinence and the impact on their sexuality. BACKGROUND Urinary incontinence is not a life-threatening disorder; however, it has been shown to have detrimental effects on quality of life in terms of psychological, social and sexual dysfunction. Pelvic floor m...

In the past, clinicians managing female pelvic floor disorders focused on functional assessment using urodynamics studies and urethral pressure profilometry. Anatomical assessment was made by clinical examination alone. Under special conditions when an imaging technique for anatomical assessment of the female pelvic floor disorder is perceived necessary, contrast X-ray techniques is used.1,2 Th...

Start End Topic Speakers 14:00 14:05 Introduction to the Workshop  Sohier Suzy Elneil 14:05 14:25 Neurology of the bladder and the pelvic floor  Thomas Kessler 14:25 14:45 Bladder Symptoms in the Neurological Patient  Xavier Game 14:45 15:05 Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in the Neurological Patient  Alex Digesu 15:05 15:20 Bladder and Pelvic Floor Assement in Neurogenic Bladder and Pelvic Floor ...

Human pelvic floor muscles have been shown to operate synergistically with a wide variety of muscles, which has been suggested to be an important contributor to continence and pelvic stability during functional tasks. However, the neural mechanism of pelvic floor muscle synergies remains unknown. Here, we test the hypothesis that activation in motor cortical regions associated with pelvic floor...

Background and Objective Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), now commonly used for reducing muscular spasms in other neuromuscular disorders, is now increasingly proposed also for treating pelvic floor disorders, including chronic pelvic pain syndromes, vaginismus, vulvodynia and vulvar vestibulitis syndrome. To provide up-to-date information on these advances we reviewed the literature about Bunt inj...

INTRODUCTION Pelvic floor dysfunction is recognized to be related to lower urinary tract dysfunction and to lower gastrointestinal symptoms, and is an influential factor in dysfunction and subsequent behavior of the genital system in both men and women. Caregivers should be informed regarding normal pelvic floor function in general and should be able to identify specific aspects of pelvic floor...

Objectives To determine the lifetime risk of undergoing pelvic floor surgery in a cohort of UK parous women and the re-operation rates for pelvic floor surgery, time intervals for repeat surgery and independent risk factors for undergoing primary and repeat pelvic floor surgery. Study design A register linkage study. Main outcome measures The primary outcome was lifetime risk of parous women ...

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is defined as involuntary leakage of urine from the external urethra due to increased abdominal pressure, for example, upon sneezing, coughing, or exercise. Acupuncture an effective therapy patients with SUI, although objective evidence its benefits mechanism action limited. Patients SUI often harbor structural changes pelvic floor, parameters which...

In response to the growing population of older patients with incontinence, pharmaceutical companies are developing new drugs to treat the condition. Before prescribing medications for incontinence, however, physicians should determine the nature and cause of the patient's incontinence. The evaluation should rule out reversible conditions, conditions requiring special evaluation, and overflow bl...