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NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS
Volume 36, Issue 8, Pages 2160-2168Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/nau.23261
Keywords
abdominal transverse; lumbar stabilization; pelvic floor; physiotherapy; urinary incontinence
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OBJECTIVESTo compare the results of the dynamic lumbopelvic stabilization (DLS) exercises with exercises for the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) in women with stress urinary incontinence. METHODSRandomized controlled clinical trial comparing 17 women submitted to the DLS with 16 women submitted to the exercises for the PFM. The evaluated outcomes were incontinence severity, quality of life (QoL), and impression of improvement in three moments. Significance was set at 5%. RESULTSFor socio-demographic and clinical variables, only climacteric was more prevalent in the DLS group (82% vs. 44%, P=0.02). Soon after the intervention, there was no difference between the groups in relation to the outcomes evaluated. In the evaluation after 90 days, the DLS group presented better values for the severity of the losses (4.12.6 vs. 5.7 +/- 2.4, P=0.006, d=0.64), daytime frequency (4.6 +/- 0.4 vs. 6.2 +/- 0.6, P<0.001, d=2.67), and nighttime frequency (0.4 +/- 0.3 vs. 1.4 +/- 0.5, P<0.001, d=2.50), QoL and impression of improvement (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONSAfter treatment, the DLS plus PFM exercise patients had results similar to those performing PFM exercises alone. However, the DLS plus PFM exercises were superior in the outcomes of incontinence severity, QoL, and impression of improvement in the post-90-day evaluation, showing longer lasting effect.
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