Trial reportEinstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2014
Long-term results of a clinical trial comparing isolated vaginal stimulation with combined treatment for women with stress incontinence.
Trial report in Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- The efficacy and safety of common non-drug interventions on stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of using electromyographic biofeedback on pelvic floor rehabilitation in men with post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence: a meta-analysis.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2025Pooled it
- Technologies for Evaluation of Pelvic Floor Functionality: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Electrical stimulation with non-implanted devices for stress urinary incontinence in women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Pelvic floor muscle training added to another active treatment versus the same active treatment alone for urinary incontinence in women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Imaging and molecular mechanisms of pelvic floor electrical stimulation in improving pelvic floor muscle injury in stress urinary incontinence rats.International urology and nephrology · 2026Article
- Acupuncture combined with pelvic floor muscle training for treating postpartum stress urinary incontinence.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- A Comparative Study on the Effects of High-Intensity Focused Electromagnetic Technology and Electrostimulation for the Treatment of Pelvic Floor Muscles and Urinary Incontinence in Parous Women: Analysis of Posttreatment Data.Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery · 2021Article
- Urinary Incontinence in Women: Modern Methods of Physiotherapy as a Support for Surgical Treatment or Independent Therapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the efficacy of stress urinary incontinence treatments adding pelvic floor muscle training to vaginal electrical stimulation.
methodsForty-eight women with stress urinary incontinence were randomized into 2 groups: 24 underwent isolated vaginal electrical stimulation, and 24 vaginal electrical stimulation plus pelvic floor muscle training. History, physical examination, voiding diary, perineum strength test, and urodynamic study were assessed. Comparisons were made for adherence to treatment, muscle strength improvement, urinary symptoms, and degree of satisfaction immediately, 12 and 96 months after treatment.
resultsPatients' degree of satisfaction on vaginal electrical stimulation, and on vaginal electrical stimulation plus pelvic floor muscle training immediately, 12 and 96 months post treatment, were, respectively: 88.2% versus 88.9% 64.7% versus 61.1% and 42.9% versus 28.6% (p>0.05).
conclusionVaginal electrical stimulation associated to pelvic floor muscle training did not show better results than vaginal electrical stimulation alone.
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