ReviewCurrent opinion in urology2017
Role of chronic exercise on pelvic floor support and function.
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- Prevalence of urinary incontinence in female athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2018Pooled it
- Is pelvic floor loading in female runners associated with post-run changes in pelvic floor morphometry or function?BJU international · 2025Article
- Urinary Incontinence in Young Gymnastics Athletes: A Scoping Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Pelvic Floor Health and Urinary Incontinence in Female Soccer Players: A Comparative Analysis Between Professionals and Physically Active Women: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Protocol.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Female Professional Soccer Players by Category and Specific Position: A Comparative Study with a Control Group.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in the Tacna Region of Peru, 2023.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Pelvic Floor Disorders in Parous Women from the Tibet Autonomous Region: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- A multisite focus group study of US adult women's beliefs and assumptions about bladder health and function.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2022Article
- Pelvic floor tissue damping during running using an intra-vaginal accelerometry approach.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2022Article
- The Most Common Functional Disorders and Factors Affecting Female Pelvic Floor.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Urinary/Anal Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Healthy Middle-Aged Iranian Women.Journal of menopausal medicine · 2020Article
- Is Physical Activity Good or Bad for the Female Pelvic Floor? A Narrative Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Review
- High level rhythmic gymnasts and urinary incontinence: Prevalence, risk factors, and influence on performance.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2020Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewTo summarize recent literature about the potential role of chronic exercise on pelvic floor support and function. RECENT
findingsStress urinary incontinence is common during physical activity. Scant evidence suggests a dose-response association between higher volumes of exercise and urinary incontinence. Athletes do not appear to have greater pelvic floor muscle strength or worse pelvic floor support compared to nonathletes. Pelvic floor muscle electromyographic activity increases substantially as running speeds increase. SUMMARY: Based on the current literature, no strong conclusions can be drawn about whether chronic exercise exerts a positive or negative influence on pelvic floor support and function. Adopting longitudinal research methodology that prospectively monitors exercise exposure and subsequent changes in pelvic floor support and function would help to reduce selection bias associated with cross sectional studies on groups of athletes.
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