Trial reportInternational urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction2009
Effect of pelvic floor muscle exercises in the treatment of urinary incontinence during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Trial report in International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01694979 (Effect Of Variations In Forced Expiration Effort On Pelvic Floor Activation In Asymptomatic Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect Of Variations In Forced Expiration Effort On Pelvic Floor Activation In Asymptomatic Women
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Pelvic floor muscle training for prevention and treatment of urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- The effect of antenatal pelvic floor muscle training on labor and delivery outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2015Pooled it
- A randomized controlled trial of antenatal pelvic floor exercises to prevent and treat urinary incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2011Trial
- Associations of Vaginal Pressure and Transversus Abdominis Muscle Thickness with Overactive Bladder in Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy for Postpartum Urinary Incontinence-Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Assessment of post-partum physical exercise practice and its associated factors among women in postpartum period, in West Wollega zone, Oromia, Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate approach to develop a pelvic floor muscle training guidebook to treat stress urinary incontinence in women.Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2024Article
- Mechanisms of pelvic floor muscle training for managing urinary incontinence in women: a scoping review.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Pelvic-Floor Dysfunction Prevention in Prepartum and Postpartum Periods.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
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- Stress urinary incontinence in pregnant women: a review of prevalence, pathophysiology, and treatment.International urogynecology journal · 2013Review
- Pelvic floor dysfunction in rural postpartum mothers in the United States: prevalence, severity, and psychosocial correlates.Women & healthArticle
- Urinary incontinence and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in public health facilities of Mekelle city, Tigray, Ethiopia.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
introduction and hypothesisThe aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle exercises on urinary incontinence during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
methodsThe study was carried out on 80 pregnant women (study group, 40 subjects; control group, 40 subjects).The study group was trained by the researcher on how to do the pelvic floor muscle exercises. Both groups were evaluated for pelvic floor muscle strength and urinary complaints in their 36th to 38th week of pregnancy and postpartum sixth to eighth week.
resultsThe study group had a significant decrease in urinary incontinence episodes during pregnancy and in the postpartum period, and their pelvic floor muscle strength increased to a larger extent. Control group had an increase in the postpartum muscle strength and decrease in the incontinence episodes in the postpartum period.
conclusionsPelvic floor muscle exercises are quite effective in the augmentation of the pelvic floor muscle strength and consequently in the treatment of urinary incontinence.
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