ArticleInternational journal of women's health2020
Urinary Incontinence and Women CrossFit Competitors.
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Effect of Pelvic Floor Muscles Training on Symptoms, Bother and Amount of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Female CrossFit and Functional Fitness Exercisers. An Assessor Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Elite female athletes' experiences of symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction: A systematic review.International urogynecology journal · 2022Pooled it
- Triathletes and Urinary Incontinence: An Investigation of Prevalence and Associated Factors.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2025Article
- Athletes' Knowledge of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Their Knowledge of and Engagement with Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Thickness of the abdominal wall and pelvic floor dysfunctions in men who practice crossfit vs no crossfit: An observational study.PloS one · 2024Observational
- Does a Kegel Exercise Program Prior to Resistance Training Reduce the Risk of Stress Urinary Incontinence?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Association Between Obstetric History and Urinary Incontinence in a Cohort of Resistance-Trained Women.International journal of women's health · 2022Article
- Urinary Incontinence in Competitive Women Powerlifters: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Sports medicine - open · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeUrinary incontinence is a common condition that potentially discourages women from participating in physical activity. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of urinary and athletic incontinence and establish which activities and contexts were most likely to provoke urine leakage in women CrossFit competitors. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis research was an international, cross-sectional, survey-based study. The online survey was completed by 452 women CrossFit competitors. The Incontinence Severity Index was used to determine the frequency and severity of urinary incontinence.
resultsUrinary incontinence was experienced by 41.8% of participants in the three months prior to the study and 17.7% experienced athletic incontinence. Women came to experience athletic incontinence through two different pathways. Some women were continent before commencing CrossFit (9.7%), remain continent during everyday activities but now experience urinary incontinence during exercise. Alternatively, 8% of women were incontinent before commencing CrossFit, are now continent during everyday activities but remain incontinent during exercise. High impact CrossFit activities were most likely to provoke urinary incontinence.
conclusionThis study highlighted the importance of distinguishing between urinary incontinence that develops after commencing an exercise program in otherwise continent women and urinary incontinence that persists only during exercise in previously incontinent women.
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