ArticleUrology research & practice2023
Physiotherapy in Patients with Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Article in Urology research & practice, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06705283 (Effects Of Yoga And Whole Body Vibration Training On Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effects Of Yoga And Whole Body Vibration Training On Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- Conservative treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Cough-Induced Contraction Response Time and Strength of the Pelvic Floor Muscles Between Women with and Without Stress Urinary Incontinence.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Re: Ioannis Tsikopoulos, Lazaros Lazarou, Lazaros Tzelves L et al. The effect of pelvic floor muscle training on urodynamic parameters in women with stress urinary incontinence. Cent European J Urol. 2023; 76 (4): 315-321.Central European journal of urology · 2024Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Physiotherapy is the most commonly used treatment for stress urinary incontinence including pelvic floor muscle training, biofeedback, and electrical stimulation. This systematic review evaluated the effects of physiotherapy in patients with stress urinary incontinence compared with no treatment, placebo, sham, surgery, or other inactive control treatments. MEDLINE (via PubMed), The Cochrane Library (CENTRAL), Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, PEDro, and Trip Database were explored using applicable vocabularies for all English and Persian language investigations released from inception to January 2021. On one side, trials including physiotherapy of pelvic floor muscle training, biofeedback, and electrical stimulation and on the other, either no treatment, placebo, sham, surgery, or other inactive control treatments were included. Studies were assessed for appropriateness and methodological excellence. Two authors extracted data. Disagreements were resolved by a third opinion. Data were processed as described in the Joanna Briggs Institute Handbook. Twenty-nine trials with 2601 participants were found, but only 16 were included because of data heterogeneity. The results showed that physiotherapy interventions are better than no treatment in terms of urine leakage, but no difference was found for urinary incontinence severity. Also, physiotherapy showed favorable results over comparison groups for International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire, pad test, pelvic floor muscle function, and improvement outcomes. This systematic review supports the widespread use of pelvic physiotherapy as the first-line treatment for adult patients with stress urinary incontinence.
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