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Trial reportInternational urogynecology journal2015

Short-term effect of adding pelvic floor muscle training to bladder training for female urinary incontinence: a randomized controlled trial.

Serap Kaya, Turkan Akbayrak, Ceren Gursen, Sinan Beksac

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in International urogynecology journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02275728 naunknown statusnot on this map

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training With and Without EMG Biofeedback and Quality of Life in Peri and Postmenopausal Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence.

TypeinterventionalSponsorFederal University of Rio Grande do SulRan2014 to 2014Enrolled45ConditionsMenopause, Urinary Incontinence, StressArmsPelvic floor muscle training, Eletromyography Biofeedback
NCT04792125 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

The Effects of External Electrical Stimulation Added to Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Women With Stress Incontinence

TypeinterventionalSponsorGiresun UniversityRan2019 to 2020Enrolled51ConditionsUrinary Incontinence, Stress, Electrical Stimulation, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Urinary IncontinenceArmsExternal electrical stimulation (EES) added to pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT), External electrical stimulation, Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Bladder training for treating overactive bladder in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  5. Conservative Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2016
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  18. The Use of Disposable Tampons as Visual Biofeedback in Pelvic Floor Muscle Training.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Serap KayaFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, 06100, Samanpazari, Ankara, Turkey, serapky@yahoo.com.
Turkan Akbayrak
Ceren Gursen
Sinan Beksac

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introduction and hypothesisThe aim of this study was to assess whether bladder training (BT) combined with high-intensity pelvic floor muscle training (BT + PFMT) results in better outcomes in the short term than BT alone on female urinary incontinence (UI).

methodsWe randomly assigned 108 women with diagnoses of stress UI (SUI, n = 50), urgency UI (UUI, n = 16), or mixed UI (MUI, n = 42) to 6 weeks of BT + PFMT or BT alone (control group). The primary outcome measure was self-reported improvement. Secondary outcome measures were UI severity, symptom distress, quality of life (QOL), mean number of UI episodes and micturitions per day, and pelvic floor muscle strength and endurance (PFME).

resultsOverall and in the SUI and MUI subgroups, significantly more patients in the BT + PFMT group reported cured and improved symptoms. Overall and in SUI patients, the BT + PFMT group also improved to significantly greater degree in UI severity, symptom distress, QOL, daily UI episodes, and PFME. The only parameter showing more improvement in patients with UUI was QOL, and UI severity in patients with MUI (p < 0.05). There were no other significant differences between the two study groups in overall and subgroup analysis (p > 0.05).

conclusionsHigh-intensity PFMT combined with BT is more effective than BT alone in the short term for treating UI or SUI. It appears that the combination therapy may also lead to greater benefits for patients with UUI and MUI. Based on the results of this study, further studies with larger sample sizes (for UUI) and long-term follow-ups are warranted.

Indexed as

Pelvic FloorUrinary BladderAdultExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMuscle StrengthProspective StudiesQuality of LifeSelf ReportSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsUrinary Incontinence, StressUrinary Incontinence, Urge

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PMID25266357

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