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Pelvic floor exercise and research

 
 

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Agur WI & others
The long-term effectiveness of antenatal pelvic floor muscle training: eight-year follow up of a randomised controlled trial.
BJOG. 2008 Jul;115(8):985-90

Aksac B & others
Biofeedback and pelvic floor exercises for the rehabilitation of urinary stress incontinence.
Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2003;56(1):23-7. Epub 2003 Jul 14.

Altman D & others
Risk of urinary incontinence after childbirth: a 10-year prospective cohort study.
Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Oct; 108(4):873-8

Appell RA
Electrical stimulation for the treatment of urinary incontinence.
Urology. 1998 Feb;51(2A Suppl):24-6.

Arvonen T & others
Effectiveness of two conservative modes of physical therapy in women with urinary stress incontinence.
Neurourol Urodyn. 2001;20(5):591-9.  

Aukee P & others
The effect of home biofeedback training on stress incontinence.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2004 Oct;83(10):973-7.

Beji NK & others
The effect of pelvic floor training on sexual function of treated patients.
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2003 Oct;14(4):234-8; discussion 238. Epub 2003 Aug 27.

Bo K & others
Randomized controlled trial on the effect of pelvic floor muscle training on quality of life and sexual problems in genuine stress incontinent women.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2000 Jul;79(7):598-603


Bo, K. Can pelvic floor muscle training prevent and treat pelvic organ prolapse?).  Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2006;85(3):263-8.

Bø, Kari
Urinary Incontinence, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Exercise and Sport. Sports ed. 2004; 34(7): 451-64.

Brown WJ & Miller YD.
Too wet to exercise? Leaking urine as a barrier to physical activity in women. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 2002;4(4):373-378

Bump RC & others
Assessment of Kegel pelvic muscle exercise performance after brief verbal instruction.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1991 Aug;165(2):322-7

Chiarelli P & Brown W.
Leaking urine in Australian women: prevalence and associated conditions. Women and Health. 1999;29(1):1-12

Dornan P
Incontinence-an aggressive approach to treatment: a case series
J Sci Med Sport. 2005 Dec;8(4):458-62

Farrell SA & others
Parturition and urinary incontinence in primiparas.
Obstet Gynecol. 2001 Mar;97(3):350-6

Glavind K.
Conservative treatment of stress incontinence with Geisha balls. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2001;12(4):223-4; discussion 224-5    

Grodstein F & others
Association of age, race, and obstetric history with urinary symptoms among women in the Nurses' Health Study.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Aug;189(2):428-34

Handa VL and others .
Female sexual function and pelvic floor disorders.
Obstet Gynecol. 2008 May;111(5):1045-52

Hay-Smith EJC & others
Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 1.

Jonasson A & others
Testing and training of the pelvic floor muscles after childbirth.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1989;68(4):301-4.

Latthe PM & others
Nonsurgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI): grading of evidence in systematic reviews.
BJOG. 2008 Mar;115(4):435-44.

Lee IS & others
Pelvic floor muscle exercise by biofeedback and electrical stimulation to reinforce the pelvic floor muscle after normal delivery.
Taehan Kanho Hakhoe Chi. 2006 Dec;36(8):1374-80.

Moreno AL & others
Urodynamic alterations after pelvic floor exercises for treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women.
Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2004;31(3):194-6.

Morkved S & others
Effect of postpartum pelvic floor muscle training in prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence: a one-year follow up.
British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Aug 2000

Murina F & others
The use of amielle vaginal trainers as adjuvant in the treatment of vestibulodynia: an observational multicentric study.
Medscape J Med. 2008 Jan 30;10(1):23.

Nygaard I & others
Prevalence of Symptomatic Pelvic Floor Disorders in US Women JAMA, 2008; 300 (11):1311-1316.

Pager CK & others
Long-term outcomes of pelvic floor exercise and biofeedback treatment for patients with fecal incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum. 2002 Aug;45(8):997-1003.

Parkkinen A & others
Physiotherapy for female stress urinary incontinence: individual therapy at theoutpatient clinic versus home-based pelvic floor training: a 5-year follow-upstudy.
Neurourol Urodyn. 2004;23(7):643-8.        

Persson J & others
Obstetric risk factors for stress urinary incontinence: a population-based study. Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Sep;96(3):440-5.

Pitts MK & others
Prevalence and correlates of three types of pelvic pain in a nationally representative sample of Australian women.
Med J Aust. 2008 Aug 4;189(3):138-43

Rortveit G & others
Urinary incontinence after vaginal delivery or cesarean section.
N Engl J Med. 2003 Mar 6;348(10):900-7

Salvesen KA & others Randomised controlled trial of pelvic floor muscle training during pregnancy. BMJ. 2004 Aug 14;329(7462):378-80. Epub 2004 Jul 14.

Sampselle CM & others
Effect of pelvic muscle exercise on transient incontinence during pregnancy and after birth.
Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Mar;91(3):406-12.

Sand PK & others
Pelvic floor electrical stimulation in the treatment of genuine stress incontinence: a multicenter, placebo-controlled trial.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1995 Jul;173(1):72-9.

Schytt E & others
Symptoms of stress incontinence 1 year after childbirth: prevalence and predictors in a national Swedish sample.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2004 Oct;83(10):928-36.

Seo JT & others
A randomized prospective study comparing new vaginal cone and FES-Biofeedback.
Yonsei Med J. 2004 Oct 31;45(5):879-84

Smith DB & others
A self-directed home biofeedback system for women with symptoms of stress, urge,and mixed incontinence.
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2000 Jul;27(4):240-6.

Smith KM & Others
Amielle vaginal trainers-a patient evaluation.
J Obstet Gynaecol. 1998 Mar;18(2):146-7.

Snider T
Pelvic floor training, re-education relieves CPPS.
Urology Times Oct 2000, Vol. 28 Issue 10, p30

Viktrup L
The risk of lower urinary tract symptoms five years after the first delivery.
Neurourol Urodynamics 2002 ;21(1): 2-29

Walsh T & others
Don't hide! Fix this floor and stay younger.
Prevention, Aug2001; 53(8)

Whelan CM & McKenna PH
Urologic applications of biofeedback therapy; current data support the use of biofeedback-assisted pelvic floor muscle retraining as a first-line, conservative approach in children and adults with incontinence and pelvic floor disorders.
Contemporary Urology Oct 2004; v16 i10 p23(8).

 

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