Trial reportClinical rehabilitation2020
Does trunk muscle training with an oscillating rod improve urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy? A prospective randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Clinical rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychosocial experiences of prostate cancer survivors after treatment: a systematic review of qualitative studies.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of mobile health in symptom management of prostate cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- Conservative interventions for managing urinary incontinence after prostate surgery.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of treatment options for post-prostatectomy incontinence.World journal of urology · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Massage on the Pregnancy Outcome of Frozen Embryo Transfer in Patients with Thin Endometrium.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Trial
- Rehabilitation combined with dietary intervention improve urinary incontinence in women with obesity: A proof-of-principle study.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Physiotherapy as an Effective Method to Support the Treatment of Male Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Barriers and facilitators of the implementation of the application of pelvic floor muscle training in patients with prostate cancer: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Impact of exercise on continence in prostate cancer patients post robotic assisted radical prostatectomy: a systematic review.American journal of clinical and experimental urology · 2023Article
- Construction of pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation training program for patients undergoing laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.Translational cancer research · 2022Article
- Analysis of conventional versus advanced pelvic floor muscle training in the management of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Translational andrology and urology · 2020Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the effect of a new therapeutic approach, using an oscillating rod to strength the pelvic floor and deep abdominal musculature and to speed up recovery of continence after radical prostatectomy.
designProspective randomized controlled clinical trial.
settingInpatient uro-oncology rehabilitation clinic. SUBJECTS: Ninety-three (intervention group (IG)) and ninety-one patients (control group (CG)) with urinary incontinence after prostatectomy were examined.
interventionAll patients were randomly allocated to either standard pelvic floor muscle exercises and oscillating rod therapy (IG) or standard pelvic floor muscle exercises and relaxation therapy (CG).
main outcome measuresUrinary incontinence (1- and 24-hour pad test) was assessed, and health-related quality of life (HRQL; Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P) questionnaire) was measured for all patients before and after three weeks of treatment.
resultsOne hundred and eighty-four patients (mean (SD) age: 64.1 (6.94) years) completed the study. The IG showed a significant reduction in urinary incontinence (1-hour pad test:
conclusionThe study demonstrated that a combination of conventional continence exercises and the new oscillation rod training increased abdominal and pelvic floor musculature and speeded up recovery of continence after radical prostatectomy.
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