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Archive for the 'Incontenence: Urinary' Category

Pelvic floor training for urinary incontinence

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Stress incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine during a physical activity such as coughing or sneezing. It can happen if the pelvic floor muscles are weak.

Cochrane has reviewed the data on Kegel exercises in women. (more…)

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

incontinenceIt’s a rare condition in which urination occurs during laughing. Researchers from North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, in New York studied the value of biofeedback in a small group of children. (more…)

Prompted voiding for urinary incontinence

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Researchers from the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota reviewed treatments for nursing home residents with urinary incontinence.

Prompted voiding used alone and combined with exercise were associated with modest short-term improvement in daytime urinary incontinence. (more…)

Lose weight, gain control over incontinence

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

 Obesity correlates with urinary incontinence. Might weight loss be an effective treatment?

Researchers from across the US decided to find out. (more…)

Benefits of biofeedback in older women with urge urinary incontinence

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

It’s mostly in your head. (more…)

Biofeedback in children with voiding disorders

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

 Urinary incontinence can lead to lower self-esteem and even kidney damage.

Researchers from Hopital Jeanne de Flandre in Lille, France evaluated the effect of a biofeedback-training program in children with a long history of voiding disorders. (more…)

Interferential current vs biofeedback for stress incontinence

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Both methods are effective in patients with urinary stress incontinence, according to this study by researchers at Gaziosmanpasa University in Tokat, Turkey. (more…)

Does biofeedback reduce incontinence after prostate surgery?

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Radical prostatectomy is an operation to remove the prostate gland and some of the tissue around it. It is done to treat prostate cancer, and up to half of all men who have a radical prostatectomy develop urinary incontinence.

Preoperative pelvic floor training (PFT) is used to strengthen the muscles and improve recovery of continence following the operation.

Does adding biofeedback help?

(more…)

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