Pelvic muscle exercise for stress urinary incontinence in elderly women.
J Am Geriatr Soc
; 39(8): 785-91, 1991 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To compare pelvic muscle exercise to pharmacologic treatment of stress urinary incontinence, the most common cause of urine leakage reported by community-living elderly women.SUBJECTS:
Convenience sample of 157 community-living women, aged 55 to 90 years, after completion of a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation.METHODS:
Eighty-two subjects were randomly assigned to the exercise protocol (with a 34% attrition rate). Pelvic muscle exercises were taught and monitored for 6 months. Phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride was given to the other group in a dose of 50 mg a day, increasing to 50 mg twice a day. MAINRESULTS:
Treatment outcomes (subjective improvement, self recorded frequency of wetting) were equally satisfactory in both groups. The response to exercises was as good in 5 months as in 6. It was also as good when the minimum recommended number of exercises per day was 80 as when it was 125.CONCLUSIONS:
Among those completing the protocol, pelvic exercises were beneficial in reducing stress incontinence, and the benefit was comparable to that produced by phenylpropanolamine.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pelve
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Fenilpropanolamina
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Incontinência Urinária por Estresse
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Terapia por Exercício
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Am Geriatr Soc
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article