《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》

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Effect of Vaginal Pressure Feedback Combined with Pelvic Floor Muscle Resistant Training on Stress Urinary Incontinence

PI Zhou-kai, ZHANG Pan-de, ZHOU Hui-chang, CHEN Hui-qiong, XU Kun-yu, FENG Shun-yan   

  1. Department of Rehabilitation, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China
  • Published:2016-02-25 Online:2016-06-01

Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of vaginal pressure feedback combined with pelvic floor muscle resistant training on stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Methods 125 women with SUI in our hospital from February, 2014 to May, 2015 were randomized into control group (n=65) and experimental group (n=60). The control group took Kegel exercise, which asked for patients to contract their pelvic floor muscles, while the experimental group first received biofeedback electrical stimulation for 20 minutes with XFT-2002 pelvic floor stimulator, then instructed the patients to contract their pelvic floor muscles and pressed the pneumatic probe which placed in vagina according to the voice navigation of XFT-0010 pelvic floor muscle stimulator after they learnt the contraction skill. Both groups received training with 10 seconds' contraction and 10 seconds' rest 30 minutes per day for 30 days in total. They were assessed by GRRUG and International Consultation Incontinence Questionnaire-UI Short Form (ICIQ-SF). Results After treatment, the muscle strength of the pelvic floor (t=-3.570) and the scores of ICIQ (t=4.198) improved significantly in both groups (P<0.01), and was higher in the experimental group than in the control group (t=6.833, t=-2.445, P<0.01), as well as the therapeutic efficiency (Z=63.954, P<0.001). Conclusion Vaginal pressure feedback combined with pelvic floor muscle resistant training can further improve stress urinary incontinence in women.

Key words: stress urinary incontinence, pelvic floor muscle training, resistance training, vaginal pressure feedback, biofeedback