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SynthesisInternational urogynecology journal2017

Pelvic floor muscle training in groups versus individual or home treatment of women with urinary incontinence: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Luciana Laureano Paiva, Lia Ferla, Caroline Darski, Bruna Maciel Catarino, José Geraldo Lopes Ramos

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in International urogynecology journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03166150 (Urinary Incontinence, Mobility & Muscle Function in Older Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 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.

NCT03166150 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Urinary Incontinence, Mobility & Muscle Function in Older Women: Functional Assessment and Muscle Evaluation Through Exercise (FAME) Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorHoward UniversityRan2018 to 2021Enrolled18ConditionsUrinary IncontinenceArmsMulti-modal rehabilitation program, Pelvic Floor Physical therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Luciana Laureano PaivaCurso de Fisioterapia da Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Lia FerlaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde: Ginecologia e Obstetrícia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Franklin, 200/408, Itú Sabará, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. lyaferla@hotmail.com.
Caroline DarskiPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde: Ginecologia e Obstetrícia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Franklin, 200/408, Itú Sabará, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Bruna Maciel CatarinoCurso de Fisioterapia da Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
José Geraldo Lopes RamosPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde: Ginecologia e Obstetrícia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Franklin, 200/408, Itú Sabará, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introduction and hypothesisUrinary Incontinence (UI) in women is a condition that becomes more common with age. Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is recommended as a first option of treatment for women with symptoms of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), mixed urinary incontinence (MUI), and for some with symptoms of urge urinary incontinence (UUI). PFMT can be performed in groups, individually, and at home, and there is no consensus as to which of the approaches is more efficient for the conservative treatment of UI. The objective was to perform a systematic review comparing the effects of group PFMT vs individual or home training in the treatment of women with UI.

methodsCochrane's recommendations for systematic reviews were followed. The inclusion criteria were that the studies had been carried out in adult women who suffered from UI and who underwent PFMT in a group.

resultsTen studies that fit the criteria previously mentioned were included in this systematic review. The meta-analysis showed that there was no difference when comparing PFMT in groups vs individual PFMT. However, when comparing PFMT in groups vs PFMT at home, the group intervention was more efficient in the treatment of UI.

conclusionPFMT is an efficient technique for the improvement of the symptoms of female UI. When PFMT was supervised by a physiotherapist, no significant difference was noted when comparing group with individual approaches.

Indexed as

Conservative TreatmentExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMuscle, SkeletalPelvic FloorRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSurveys and QuestionnairesUrinary IncontinencePelvic floorPhysical therapyUrinary incontinence

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PMID27613622

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