ReviewCurrent urology reports2016
Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: Underutilization in the USA.
Review in Current urology reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03923348 (Pelvic Floor Muscle Training With the Leva® System for Treatment of Urge Predominant Urinary Incontinence), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Pelvic Floor Muscle Training With the Leva® System for Treatment of Urge Predominant Urinary Incontinence: A Pilot Study
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Unsupervised behavioral and pelvic floor muscle training programs for storage lower urinary tract symptoms in women: a systematic review.International urogynecology journal · 2020Pooled it
- Group-Based Pelvic Floor Telerehabilitation to Treat Urinary Incontinence in Older Women: A Feasibility Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Effects of Adding Ultrasound Biofeedback to Individualized Pelvic Floor Muscle Training on Extensibility of the Pelvic Floor Muscle and Anterior Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Postmenopausal Women.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2022Trial
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- A Digital Therapeutic Pelvic Health System Improves Fecal Incontinence Symptoms in a Real-World Patient Cohort.Diseases of the colon and rectum · 2026Observational
- Effects of pelvic floor muscle training on sexual function of postmenopausal women. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Sexual medicine · 2025Review
- Innovating Care for Postmenopausal Women Using a Digital Approach for Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions: Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Impact of a Digital Therapeutic Device on Pelvic Floor Symptoms.Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Addressing Health Care Access Disparities Through a Public Health Approach to Physical Therapist Practice.Physical therapy · 2024Article
- Real-World Evidence From a Digital Health Treatment Program for Female Urinary Incontinence: Observational Study of Outcomes Following User-Centered Product Design.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- A Motion-based Device Urinary Incontinence Treatment: A Longitudinal Analysis at 18 and 24 Months.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- Digital Care Program for Urinary Incontinence in Females: A Large-Scale, Prospective, Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The effect of postpartum nursing guidance on early pelvic floor dysfunction recovery in women of advanced maternal age: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- A digital health program for treatment of urinary incontinence: retrospective review of real-world user data.International urogynecology journal · 2023Article
- Need for Public Health Messaging Related to Bladder Health from Adolescence to Advanced Age.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2023Article
- Mechanisms of pelvic floor muscle training for managing urinary incontinence in women: a scoping review.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Retrospective claims analysis of physical therapy utilization among women with stress or mixed urinary incontinence.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2022Article
- Female Urinary Incontinence Evidence-Based Treatment Pathway: An Infographic for Shared Decision-Making.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2022Review
- Vaginal Bipolar Radiofrequency Treatment of Mild SUI: A Pilot Retrospective Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Treatment of stress urinary incontinence with a percutaneously implantable wireless microstimulator device (NuStimBladder (San Francisco, Calif.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Pelvic floor disorders are highly prevalent in women of all ages and can greatly impair quality of life. Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is a viable treatment option for several pelvic floor conditions including urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. PFMT is a program of therapy initiated by an experienced clinician (e.g., women's health or urology nurse practitioner (NP), physical therapist (PT)) that involves exercises for women with stress urinary incontinence (UI) and exercises combined with behavioral or conservative treatments (lifestyle changes, bladder training with urge suppression) for women with urgency or mixed UI. These exercise programs are more comprehensive than simple Kegel exercises. Despite evidence-based research indicating the efficacy and cost-effectiveness for treatment of urinary incontinence, PFMT is not commonly used as a first-line treatment in clinical practice in the USA (Abrams et al., 2012). This article will review PFMT for the treatment of UI and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and theorize how this conservative therapy can be utilized more effectively in the USA.
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