SynthesisRevista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia2016
Conservative Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
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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.
Effects of Surface EMG-biofeedback on Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Among Women With Post-partum Urinary Incontinence.
Efficacy of a Non-invasive Pelvic Floor Muscle Trainer for Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence
Comparison of Virtual Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy With a Pelvic Floor Trainer in the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence.
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of acupuncture plus pelvic floor muscle training in postpartum urinary incontinence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Conservative treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of electrical stimulation for stress urinary incontinence in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2022Pooled it
- What Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Load is Optimal in Minimizing Urine Loss in Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Pelvic floor muscle training in groups versus individual or home treatment of women with urinary incontinence: systematic review and meta-analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2017Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Anticholinergic Therapy for Overactive Bladders: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2016Pooled it
- Efficacy Comparison between Kegel Exercises and Extracorporeal Magnetic Innervation in Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Trial
- Ultrasound-Based Biofeedback for Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Consensus Statements on the Definition of Surgical Success Following Obstetric Urinary Pelvic Floor Fistula Repair: An IUGA-ICS Proposal.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Assessment of Possibility of Using Ultrasound Imaging in Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women-Preliminary Study.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- What do physiotherapists do in managing urinary incontinence in women in primary health care? a scoping review protocol.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
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- Efficacy of Electroacupuncture in the Treatment of Mild to Moderate Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- 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
- Electromyographic parameters for treatment of pelvic floor disorders in pregnant and postpartum women: A review protocol.PloS one · 2024Article
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Stress Urinary Incontinence, Fecal Incontinence, and Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Health Technology Assessment.Ontario health technology assessment series · 2024Article
- Efficacy and safety of intraurethral Erbium:YAG laser treatment in women with stress urinary incontinence following failed intravaginal laser therapy: a retrospective study.Lasers in medical science · 2023Article
- Physiotherapy in Patients with Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Urology research & practice · 2023Article
- The effect of pelvic floor muscle training on urodynamic parameters in women with stress urinary incontinence.Central European journal of urology · 2023Article
- Morphological and histological changes in the urethra after intraurethral nonablative erbium YAG laser therapy: an experimental study in beagle dogs.Lasers in medical science · 2022Article
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Abstract
We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that studied the conservative management of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). There were 1058 results after the initial searches, from which 37 studies were eligible according to previously determined inclusion criteria. For the primary outcomes, pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) was more efficacious than no treatment in improving incontinence-specific quality of life (QoL) scales (SMD = -1.24SDs; CI 95% = -1.77 to -0.71SDs). However, its effect on pad tests was imprecise. Combining biofeedback with PFMT had an uncertain effect on QoL (MD = -4.4 points; CI 95% = -16.69 to 7.89 points), but better results on the pad test, although with elevated heterogeneity (MD = 0.9g; 95%CI = 0.71 to 1,10g); group PFMT was not less efficacious than individual treatment, and home PFMT was not consistently worse than supervised PFMT. Both intravaginal and superficial electrical stimulation (IES and SES) were better than no treatment for QoL and pad test. Vaginal cones had mixed results. The association of IES with PFMT may improve the efficacy of the latter for QoL and pad test, but the results of individual studies were not consistent. Thus, there is evidence of the use of PFMT on the treatment of SUI, with and without biofeedback.
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