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Changes in urethral sphincter size following rehabilitation in older women with stress urinary incontinence
(2015-02)
Introduction and hypothesis
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a pelvic floor muscle (PFM) rehabilitation program on the striated urethral sphincter in women over 60 years with stress urinary ...
Application of a new method in the study of pelvic floor muscle passive properties in continent women
(2010-10)
The aim of this study was to present a new methodology for evaluating the pelvic floor muscle (PFM) passive properties. The properties were assessed in 13 continent women using an intra-vaginal dynamometric speculum and ...
Optimiser l’efficacité de la rééducation périnéale dans le traitement de l’incontinence urinaire d’effort chez la femme : que nous disent les évidences scientifiques?
(2011)
La rééducation des muscles du plancher pelvien est le traitement de première ligne de l’incontinence urinaire d’effort chez la femme. Toutefois, les composantes de cette rééducation varient considérablement d’un essai ...
Incontinence : stress urinary incontinence treatment—surgery first?
(2014-01)
A randomized trial involving 460 women with stress urinary incontinence compared physiotherapy with midurethral-sling surgery. We question whether the results, showing higher rates of improvement and cure for surgery than ...
Effects of pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation on PFM function and morphology in older women
(2013-11)
Aims
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a pelvic floor muscle (PFM) rehabilitation program on incontinence symptoms, PFM function, and morphology in older women with SUI.
Methods
Women 60 years old ...
Randomized clinical trial of multimodal physiotherapy treatment compared to overnight lidocaine ointment in women with provoked vestibulodynia: Design and methods
(2016-01-30)
Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a highly prevalent and debilitating condition yet its management relies mainly
on non-empirically validated interventions. Among the many causes of PVD, there is growing evidence that ...
Pelvic floor muscles training to reduce symptoms and signs of vulvovaginal atrophy : a case study
(2016-07)
Objective: Vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA), caused by decreased levels of estrogen, is a common problem in aging women. Main symptoms of VVA are vaginal dryness and dyspareunia. First-line treatment consists of the application ...
Health professionals’ and patients’ perspectives on pelvic floor muscle training adherence : 2011 ICS State-of-the-Science Seminar research paper IV of IV
(2015-08-12)
Aims
There is scant information on pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) adherence barriers and facilitators. A web-based survey was conducted (1) to investigate whether responses from health professionals and the public ...
Comparison between transperineal ultrasound and digital dectection of levator ani trauma : can we improve the odds?
(2014-03)
Aims
To investigate the predictive ability of four digital assessment parameters to detect levator ani (LA) muscle defects (avulsion injury) and compare these to transperineal tomographic ultrasound images.
Methods
This ...
Effects of radiation therapy on the structure and function of the pelvic floor muscles of patients with cancer in the pelvic area : a systematic review
(2016-04)
Purpose
Radiation therapy (RT) is often recommended in the treatment of pelvic cancers. Following RT, a high prevalence of pelvic floor dysfunctions (urinary incontinence, dyspareunia, and fecal incontinence) is reported. ...