Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises as a Treatment for Urinary Incontinence in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Castellote-Caballero, Y (通讯作者),Univ Jaen, Fac Hlth Sci, Dept Hlth Sci, Jaen 23071, Spain.
2023-1
Women frequently suffer from urinary incontinence due to atrophic changes in the urogenital tract. Recommended conservative treatment includes evaluation of pelvic-floor strength and the functional use of pelvic-floor-muscle (PFM) training. Following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines, a search was conducted in the electronic databases PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus for articles with at least one group performing PFM exercises in post-menopausal women with urinary incontinence. Eight articles were included, and each study had at least one group of PFM exercise-based intervention alone or combined. The volume or duration, frequency, and number of sessions were heterogeneous. All the studies reported significant differences in favor of PFM exercise in strength, quality of life, and/or severity of urinary incontinence. PFM exercise is a highly recommended intervention to treat urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women. However, more research is needed to establish specific factors such as dose-response relationships and to standardize methods for measuring effects.
HEALTHCARE
卷号:11|期号:2
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
Universidad de Jaen; Universidad de Cantabria
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
0
2013以来使用计数
0
EISSN
2227-9032
出版年
2023-1
DOI
10.3390/healthcare11020216
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
urinary incontinence pelvic-floor-muscle exercises postmenopausal women systematic review
WOS学科分类
Health Care Sciences & Services Health Policy & Services