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Efficacy of pelvic floor muscle training and hypopressive exercises for treating pelvic organ prolapse in women: randomized controlled trial [PDF]

São Paulo Medical Journal, 2012
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have shown that women with pelvic floor dysfunctions present decreased cross-sectional area (CSA) of the levator ani muscle.
Bruno Teixeira Bernardes, Ana Paula Magalhães Resende, Liliana Stüpp, Emerson Oliveira, Rodrigo Aquino Castro, Zsuzsanna Ilona Katalin Jármy di Bella, Manoel João Batista Castello Girão, Marair Gracio Ferreira Sartori   +7 more
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Pelvic floor muscle training as a method supporting the treatment of pelvic floor dysfunctions in women

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2021
Objective: Pelvic floor dysfunctions in women are a challenge for the modern health care system. Presentation of the most popular types of pelvic floor muscle training used successfully in women at different stages of their lives.
Natalia Smolarek-Kołecka, Monika Englert-Golon, Paulina Okrzymowska, Krystyna Rożek-Piechura, Radosław Słopień, Beata Pi   +5 more
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EFFECTS OF PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING DURING PREGNANCY [PDF]

Clinics, 2007
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of pelvic floor muscle training in 46 nulliparous pregnant women.The women were divided into 2 groups: an exercise group and a control group. Functional evaluation of the pelvic floor muscle was performed by digital vaginal palpation using the strength scale described by Ortiz and by a ...
Oliveira, Claudia de, Lopes, Marco Antonio Borges, Pereira, Luciana Carla Longo e, Zugaib, Marcelo   +3 more
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Basic versus biofeedback-mediated intensive pelvic floor muscle training for women with urinary incontinence: the OPAL RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2020
Background: Urinary incontinence affects one in three women worldwide. Pelvic floor muscle training is an effective treatment. Electromyography biofeedback (providing visual or auditory feedback of internal muscle movement) is an adjunct that may improve
Suzanne Hagen, Carol Bugge, Sarah G Dean, Andrew Elders, Jean Hay-Smith, Mary Kilonzo, Doreen McClurg, Mohamed Abdel-Fattah, Wael Agur, Federico Andreis, Joanne Booth, Maria Dimitrova, Nicola Gillespie, Cathryn Glazener, Aileen Grant, Karen L Guerrero, Lorna Henderson, Marija Kovandzic, Alison McDonald, John Norrie, Nicole Sergenson, Susan Stratton, Anne Taylor, Louise R Williams   +23 more
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Biofeedback pelvic floor muscle training versus posterior tibial nerve electrostimulation in treatment of functional obstructed defecation: a prospective randomized clinical trial

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2022
Background Functional obstructed defecation is a common anorectal problem among adult population. The objective was to compare the short-term efficacy of biofeedback pelvic floor muscle training versus transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve ...
Emmanuel Kamal Aziz Saba, Mervat Sheta Elsawy   +1 more
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Study on the effect of electric current intensity stimulation combined with biofeedback pelvic floor muscle training on postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020
Aim: To explore the effect of different electrical stimulation intensities combined with pelvic floor muscle training on postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction.
Y.N. Zhou, Y.C. Teng, G.P. Gan
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Pelvic floor muscle training for women with pelvic organ prolapse: the PROPEL realist evaluation

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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An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for the conservative and nonpharmacological management of female pelvic floor dysfunction [PDF]

, 2016
There has been an increasing need for the terminology on the conservative management of female pelvic floor dysfunction to be collated in a clinically based consensus report.This Report combines the input of members and elected nominees of the ...
Abramov, Yoram, Almeida, Fernando G., Berghmans, Bary, Bo, Kari, Bortolini, Maria, Dumoulin, Chantale, Frawley, Helena C., Gomes, Mario, Haylen, Bernard T., McClurg, Doreen, Meijlink, Jane, Shelly, Elizabeth, Trabuco, Emanuel, Walker, Carolina, Wells, Amanda   +14 more
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Postnatal pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary incontinence : where do we stand? [PDF]

, 2006
Purpose of review: Postnatal pelvic floor muscle training aims to rehabilitate the pelvic floor muscles. To be effective, a certain exercise dosage must be respected.
Dumoulin, Chantale
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Vibrating vaginal balls to improve pelvic floor muscle performance in women after childbirth: Preliminary results (recruitment and survey) of a randomised controlled feasibility trial [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Vibrating vaginal pelvic floor training balls are available in Austria and Germany to enhance women’s pelvic floor muscles and thus prevent urinary incontinence and other pelvic floor problems following childbirth.
Hanzal, E., McCourt, C., Oblasser, C.
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