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Prenatal high-low impact exercise program supported by pelvic floor muscle education and training decreases the life impact of postnatal urinary incontinence: A quasiexperimental trial.
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The Effect of Pre- and Postnatal High Intensity Interval Training and Moderate Intensity Continuous Training on Biological, Functional and Psychological Markers of Pregnancy Disorders and Non-communicable Diseases in Mothers and Offsprings
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- A randomised interventional parallel study to evaluate the effect of different frequencies of pelvic floor muscle exercises with core stabilisation using three-dimensional ultrasound: the PELSTAB study.International urogynecology journal · 2023Trial
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- Plantar Biomechanic Characteristics After High-Intensity Exercise in Young Runners With High-Arched Feet.Applied bionics and biomechanics · 2025Article
- Influence of Gestational Age on Pelvic Floor Muscle Activity, Plantar Contact, and Functional Mobility in High-Risk Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Observational
- Balancing benefits and risks of exercise in pregnancy: a qualitative analysis of social media discussion.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- Influence of Physical Activity during Pregnancy on Birth Weight: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- The influence of one-time biofeedback electromyography session on the firing order in the pelvic floor muscle contraction in pregnant woman-A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Pelvic-Floor Dysfunction Prevention in Prepartum and Postpartum Periods.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- Surface Electromyography in Clinical Practice. A Perspective From a Developing Country.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPregnancy and high impact exercise may cause postnatal urinary incontinence. We aimed to evaluate the life impact of postnatal urinary incontinence in women attending prenatal, high-low impact exercise program, supported by pelvic floor muscle education and training, in comparison to controls.
methodsIt was a quasiexperimental trial among 260 postpartum Caucasian women (age 29 ± 4 years; mean ± standard deviation). The training group (n = 133) attended a high-low impact exercise and educational program from the 2nd trimester of pregnancy until birth, 3 times a week. We educated this group to contract and relax pelvic floor muscles with surface electromyography biofeedback and instructed how to exercise postpartum. Control women (n = 127) did not get any intervention. All women reported on the life impact of urinary incontinence 2 months and 1 year postpartum using the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ).
resultsTraining group started regular pelvic floor muscle exercises substantially earlier postpartum than controls (P < .001). Significantly less training women reported the life impact of urinary incontinence both 2 months (P = .03) and 1 year postpartum (P = .005). Two months after birth, for the symptomatic women the IIQ scores were significantly lower in the training than in the control women (median [Me] = 9.4 vs Me = 18.9; P = .002). Between the 1st and 2nd assessments the number of women affected by incontinence symptoms decreased by 38% in the training group and by 20% in the controls.
conclusionHigh-low impact activities supported by pelvic floor muscle exercises and education should be promoted among pregnant, physically active women. Such activities may help women to continue high-intensity exercise with the simultaneous prevention of postnatal urinary incontinence.Thy study was registered at ISRCTN under the title "Pelvic floor muscle training with surface electromyography" (DOI 10.1186/ISRCTN92265528).
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