Trial reportBritish journal of sports medicine2024
Pelvic floor muscle training in female functional fitness exercisers: an assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in British journal of sports medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07048145 (Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises and Kegel Exercise Ball Utilization on Sexual Function, Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Life in Women With Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises and Kegel Exercise Ball Utilization on Sexual Function, Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Life in Women With Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- How important is the timing and duration of pelvic floor muscle training for preventing postpartum urinary incontinence? a meta-analysis.International urology and nephrology · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Intensive Preoperative Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence Awaiting Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International urogynecology journal · 2026Trial
- Global Landscape and Translational Trajectories of Pelvic Floor Muscle Rehabilitation for Urinary Incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Network-informed multi-trait genomic analysis decodes the shared genetic architecture and therapeutic landscape of pelvic floor disorders.npj aging · 2026Article
- A proposed protocol for combining core stability and pelvic floor muscle training to prevent stress urinary incontinence in pregnant women: a preventive framework.European journal of translational myology · 2026Article
- 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
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- Risk factors for diastasis recti abdominis and its correlation with pelvic organ prolapse among postpartum women in southwest China: a retrospective case-control study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Exploring the connection between the hip and pelvic floor in women with exercise-induced urinary incontinence: integrating clinical hypotheses with current evidence.Journal of pelvic, obstetric and gynaecological physiotherapy · 2025Article
- The Efficacy of Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation in the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Female Athletes: A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Elite female Gaelic sports athletes' experience of urinary incontinence: A qualitative study.Women's health (London, England)Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveStress urinary incontinence (SUI) is common among females during functional fitness training, such as CrossFit. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on SUI in female functional fitness exercisers.
methodsThis was an assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial with a PFMT group (n=22) and a control group (n=25). The PFMT group followed a 16-week home-training programme with 3 sets of 8-12 maximum pelvic floor muscle (PFM) contractions daily and weekly follow-up/reminders by phone. The primary outcome was change in a total score of the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI-SF). The secondary outcomes were perceived change of symptoms of SUI, change of PFM strength measured by vaginal manometry and symptoms of anal incontinence (AI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
results47 women, mean age of 33.5 years (SD: 8.1), participated. At 16 weeks, there was a mean difference between groups of -1.4 (95% CI: -2.6 to -0.2) in the change of the ICIQ-UI-SF score in favour of the PFMT group. The PFMT group completed a mean of 70% (SD: 23) of the prescribed protocol. 64% in the PFMT group versus 8% in the control group reported improved symptoms of SUI (p<0.001, relative risk: 7.96, 95% CI, 2.03 to 31.19). There were no group differences in the change of PFM strength or AI/POP symptoms.
conclusionA 16-week home-training programme of the PFM led to improvements in SUI in female functional fitness exercisers. However, PFM strength and AI and POP symptoms did not improve significantly in the PFMT group compared with the control group.
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