Trial reportInternational urogynecology journal2011
A randomized controlled trial of antenatal pelvic floor exercises to prevent and treat urinary incontinence.
Trial report in International urogynecology journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- How important is the timing and duration of pelvic floor muscle training for preventing postpartum urinary incontinence? a meta-analysis.International urology and nephrology · 2026Pooled it
- Influence of pelvic floor muscle training alone or as part of a general physical activity program during pregnancy on urinary incontinence, episiotomy and third- or fourth-degree perineal tear: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Pooled it
- The effectiveness of group-based pelvic floor muscle training in preventing and treating urinary incontinence for antenatal and postnatal women: a systematic review.International urogynecology journal · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercises on labour and birth outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2020Pooled 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 efficacy of physiotherapy for the prevention and treatment of prenatal symptoms: a systematic review.International urogynecology journal · 2015Pooled 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
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- Assessment of foetal wellbeing in pregnant women subjected to pelvic floor muscle training: a controlled randomised study.International urogynecology journal · 2015Trial
- The effects of pelvic floor muscle exercise-based interventions on urinary incontinence during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A Systematic Review.International urogynecology journal · 2026Review
- Conservative Treatment in Stress Urinary Incontinence-Narrative Literature Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence in Rural Fujian, China.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- The Main Changes in Pregnancy-Therapeutic Approach to Musculoskeletal Pain.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Prenatal and Postpartum Experience, Knowledge and Engagement with Kegels: A Longitudinal, Prospective, Multisite Study.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2021Article
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- Comparison of low urinary tract symptoms during pregnancy between primiparous and multiparous women.BioMed research international · 2014Article
- Update on behavioral and physical therapies for incontinence and overactive bladder: the role of pelvic floor muscle training.Current urology reports · 2013Review
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Abstract
introduction and hypothesisthe aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) in the prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence during pregnancy and postpartum period.
methodsthree hundred women were randomly assigned to the PFME group and control group. Urinary symptoms were measured by Urogenital Distress Inventory-6 (UDI-6), Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7 (IIQ-7), and question of self-reported urinary incontinence. Questionnaire scores of the PFME and the control groups were compared and analyzed.
resultsduring late pregnancy and the postpartum period, the PFME group had significantly lower total UDI-6 and IIQ-7 scores; their self-report rate of urinary incontinence was also less than the control group. Additionally, we found whether in PFME or control, women who delivered vaginally were more likely to develop postpartum urinary leakage than women who delivered by cesarean section.
conclusionsPFME applied in pregnancy is effective in the treatment and prevention of urinary incontinence during pregnancy, and this effect may persist to postpartum period.
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