| Pelvic floor muscle exercises utilizing trunk stabilization for treating postpartum urinary incontinence: Randomized controlled pilot trial of supervised versus unsupervised training. | |
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PMID: 21849373 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of supervised and unsupervised pelvic floor muscle exercises utilizing trunk stabilization for treating postpartum urinary incontinence and to compare the outcomes. DESIGN: Randomized, single-blind controlled study. SETTING: Outpatient rehabilitation hospital. SUBJECTS: Eighteen subjects with postpartum urinary incontinence. INTERVENTIONS: Subjects were randomized to either a supervised training group with verbal instruction from a physiotherapist, or an unsupervised training group after undergoing a supervised demonstration session. MAIN MEASURES: Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptom questionnaire (urinary symptoms and quality of life) and vaginal function test (maximal vaginal squeeze pressure and holding time) using a perineometer. RESULTS: The change values for urinary symptoms (-27.22 ± 6.20 versus -18.22 ± 5.49), quality of life <?tjl?>(-5.33 ± 2.96 versus -1.78 ± 3.93), total score (-32.56 ± 8.17 versus -20.00 ± 6.67), maximal vaginal squeeze pressure (18.96 ± 9.08 versus 2.67 ± 3.64 mmHg), and holding time (11.32 ± 3.17 versus 5.72 ± 2.29 seconds) were more improved in the supervised group than in the unsupervised group (P < 0.05). In the supervised group, significant differences were found for all variables between pre- and post-test values (P < 0.01), whereas the unsupervised group showed significant differences for urinary symptom score, total score and holding time between the pre- and post-test results (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that exercising the pelvic floor muscles by utilizing trunk stabilization under physiotherapist supervision may be beneficial for the management of postpartum urinary incontinence. |
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Eun-Young Kim; Suhn-Yeop Kim; Duck-Won Oh |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-8-17 |
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Title: Clinical rehabilitation Volume: - ISSN: 1477-0873 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-8-18 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8802181 Medline TA: Clin Rehabil Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Physical Therapy, The Graduate School, Daejeon University, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. |
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