ArticleSports medicine - open2021
Urinary Incontinence in Competitive Women Powerlifters: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
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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
The Reliability of Pelvic Floor Morphometry Measured From Ultrasound Images Acquired at Rest and During Weightlifting Tasks.
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Elite female athletes' experiences of symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction: A systematic review.International urogynecology journal · 2022Pooled it
- Can Pre-Contraction of the Pelvic Floor Muscles Exceed Increases in Intra-Abdominal Pressure During Strength Exercises?International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Factors Associated with Urinary Incontinence in Female Weightlifters.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The effect of powerlifting on urinary incontinence in women.Central European journal of urology · 2026Article
- The Applied Sport Science and Medicine of Powerlifting and Para Powerlifting: A Systematic Scoping Review with Recommendations for Future Research.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 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
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Training on Stress Urinary Incontinence in Power- and Weightlifters: a Pilot Study.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- Stress urinary incontinence prevalence and risk factors in female rugby players: a common health problem across four nations.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- 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
- Focus on the Analysis of the Effect of Solving the Nursing Mode on the Time of the Production Time of the First Maternity and the Subjective Happiness of the Postpartum.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2022Article
- Association Between Obstetric History and Urinary Incontinence in a Cohort of Resistance-Trained Women.International journal of women's health · 2022Article
- Sport-related risk factors for moderate or severe urinary incontinence in master female weightlifters: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundUrinary incontinence (UI) can negatively affect a woman's quality of life, participation in sport and athletic performance. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of UI in competitive women powerlifters; identify possible risk factors and activities likely to provoke UI; and establish self-care practices.
methodsThis international cross-sectional study was conducted using an online survey completed by 480 competitive women powerlifters aged between 20 and 71 years. The Incontinence Severity Index (ISI) was used to determine the severity of UI.
resultsWe found that 43.9% of women had experienced UI within the three months prior to this study. The deadlift was the most likely, and the bench-press the least likely exercise to provoke UI. ISI scores were positively correlated with parity (τ = 0.227, p < 0.001), age (τ = 0.179, p < 0.001), competition total (τ = 0.105, p = 0.002) and body mass index score (τ = 0.089, p = 0.009). There was no significant correlation between ISI and years strength training (τ = - 0.052, p = 0.147) or years powerlifting (τ = 0.041, p = 0.275). There was a negative correlation between ISI score with having a pelvic floor assessment (η = 0.197), and the ability to correctly perform pelvic floor exercises (η = 0.172).
conclusionThe prevalence of UI in this cohort was at the upper limit experienced by women in the general population. Women who had undergone a pelvic floor examination or were confident in correctly performing pelvic floor exercises experienced less severe UI.
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