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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Randomized-Controlled Trial Examining the Effect of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Men after a Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Pilot Study.

Katarzyna Strojek, Magdalena Weber-Rajek, Agnieszka Strączyńska, Zuzanna Piekorz, Beata Pilarska, Piotr Jarzemski, Mariusz Kozakiewicz, Bartosz Brzoszczyk, Marcin Jarzemski, Hanna Styczyńska and 2 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katarzyna StrojekDepartment of Physiotherapy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Magdalena Weber-RajekDepartment of Physiotherapy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3938-1571
Agnieszka StrączyńskaDepartment of Physiotherapy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5301-7592
Zuzanna PiekorzDepartment of Physiotherapy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Beata PilarskaDepartment of Urology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Piotr JarzemskiDepartment of Urology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Mariusz KozakiewiczDepartment of Geriatrics, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6988-3038
Bartosz BrzoszczykClinic of Urology, Jan Biziel University Hospital No. 2 in Bydgoszcz, 85-168 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Marcin JarzemskiClinic of Urology, Jan Biziel University Hospital No. 2 in Bydgoszcz, 85-168 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Hanna StyczyńskaDepartment of Physiotherapy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Aleksander GochDepartment of Physiotherapy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Agnieszka RadzimińskaDepartment of Physiotherapy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Nicolaus Copernicus University · PLUniversity of Bydgoszcz · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe aim of this study was to assess the impact of pelvic floor muscle training (PMFT) in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in men after they received radical prostatectomy (RP).

methodsFrom November 2018 to September 2019, patients who underwent radical prostatectomy were assessed for eligibility. A total of 37 men were then randomly assigned to the experimental group (EG) and the control group (CG). The EG group received supervised exercise twice a week for 12 weeks, and the CG did not receive any intervention. To objectify the results obtained in both groups before and after the intervention, the authors assessed myostatin concentration. Moreover, the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC-26) was applied to assess the quality of life, and Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II) was used to measure depression severity.

resultsStudy results demonstrated a statistically significant reduction of myostatin concentration in the EG following the treatment and no statistically significant differences in this parameter in the CG. In addition, a comparison of the EPIC-26 scores in the EG at the initial and final assessments revealed a statistically significant improvement in the quality of life in each domain. A comparison of the EPIC-26 scores in the CG at the initial and final assessments showed there is a statistically significant decline in quality of life in the "overall urinary problem" and "sexual" domain. A comparison of the BDI-II scores at the initial and final assessments showed a statistically significant decline in depressive symptoms in the EG and no statistically significant differences in the CG.

conclusionsPFMT is an effective treatment for urinary incontinence (UI) in men who received radical prostatectomy.

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pelvic floor muscle trainingradical prostatectomyurinary incontinence

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PMID34209080
PMCPMC8269168
OpenAlexW3174607186

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