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Pelvic floor muscle training for women with pelvic organ prolapse: the PROPEL realist evaluation [PDF]

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2020
Background: Pelvic organ prolapse is estimated to affect 41–50% of women aged > 40 years. A multicentre randomised controlled trial of individualised pelvic floor muscle training found that pelvic floor muscle training was effective in reducing symptoms ...
Margaret Maxwell, Karen Berry, Sarah Wane, Suzanne Hagen, Doreen McClurg, Edward Duncan, Purva Abhyankar, Andrew Elders, Catherine Best, Joyce Wilkinson, Helen Mason, Linda Fenocchi, Eileen Calveley, Karen Guerrero, Douglas Tincello   +14 more
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Intervention effects maintenance: 6-month randomized controlled trial follow-up of standard and reflexive pelvic floor muscle trainingAJOG Global Reports at a Glance [PDF]

AJOG Global Reports, 2022
BACKGROUND: To date, the focus of pelvic floor muscle training for women suffering from stress urinary incontinence has been on voluntary contractions although involuntary pelvic floor muscle contractions are crucial to guarantee continence in high ...
Helena Luginbuehl, PhD, Lorenz Radlinger, PhD, Corinne Lehmann, BSc, Annette Kuhn, Professor, Irene Koenig, PhD   +4 more
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Effect of postpartum pelvic floor muscle training on improving pelvic floor function

Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue xuebao. Yixue ban, 2023
Objective·To evaluate the effect of pelvic floor muscle training (Kegel training) on the rehabilitation of pelvic floor function within 1 year after delivery.Methods·From January to April 2020, primiparas with different degrees of urinary incontinence or
RAO Lin, ZHANG Linna, YUAN Jiaqi, LU Bangchun   +3 more
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Severe Pelvic Organ Prolapse Managed Without Surgery: Pessary Discontinued After Pelvic Floor Muscle Training With M‐Mode Ultrasound [PDF]

IJU Case Reports
Introduction We report the case of a patient with severe uterine prolapse who underwent successful vaginal pessary removal after pelvic floor muscle training.
Yukimasa Ide, Nobutaka Shimizu, Rio Ninomiya, Tomoko Ogawa, Tetsuya Fukumoto, Shinji Hyodo, Rie Yoshimura, Yoshitaka Kurano, Satoshi Fukata, Keiji Inoue   +9 more
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Pelvic floor muscle training with biofeedback or feedback from a physiotherapist for urinary and anal incontinence after childbirth - a systematic review [PDF]

BMC Women's Health, 2023
Background Childbirth is one of the biggest risk factors for incontinence. Urinary and anal incontinence can cause pain and social limitations that affect social life, cohabitation, and work.
Amanda Höder, Josefin Stenbeck, Mia Fernando, Elvira Lange   +3 more
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Female pelvic cancer survivors' experiences of pelvic floor muscle training after pelvic radiotherapy. [PDF]

Support Care Cancer
Abstract Purpose To describe experiences of a 3-month pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) period, with or without support from a physiotherapist, among females with urinary and/or fecal incontinence after pelvic radiotherapy.
Lindgren A, Börjeson S, Dunberger G.
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Pelvic floor muscle training after prostate surgery [PDF]

The Lancet, 2012
No abstract ...
Van Kampen, Marijke, Geraerts, Inge, Van Poppel, Hendrik   +2 more
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Enhancement of Levator Ani Muscle Strength in Postpartum Women: The Impact of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training. [PDF]

Med Sci Monit, 2023
Sasotya RMS, Reswari A, Kurniadi A, Permadi W, Achmad ED, Pramatirta AY, Mulyantari AI.   +6 more
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Improving Pelvic Floor Muscle Training with AI: A Novel Quality Assessment System for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
The first line of treatment for urinary incontinence is pelvic floor muscle (PFM) training, aimed at reducing leakage episodes by strengthening these muscles. However, many women struggle with performing correct PFM contractions or have misconceptions about their contractions. To address this issue, we present a novel PFM contraction quality assessment
El-Sayegh B, Dumoulin C, Leduc-Primeau F, Sawan M.   +3 more
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Design of Rehabilitation Training System for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences, 2021
Pelvic floor dysfunction has caused pain to the lives of the majority of female patients, and repeated visits to the hospital for treatment have also caused inconvenience to patients. Therefore, a portable pelvic floor dysfunction rehabilitation training
Liu Yongfeng, Li Chunna, Zhong Jun, Cai Liming, Guo Kai   +4 more
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