《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2011, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (11): 1078-1080.

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Effect of Faradization Combined with Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise on Female Stress Urinary Incontinence

CHEN Tian-xiao, LIU Yuan-biao, YANG Dan-dan, et al.   

  1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang,China
  • Received:2011-05-23 Revised:2011-07-14 Published:2011-11-25 Online:2011-11-25

Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of faradization combined with pelvic muscle exercise on stress urinary incontinence (SUI) infemale. Methods 40 female patients with mild or moderate SUI respectively were managed with faradization and pelvic floor muscle exercisesimultaneously for 16 weeks. They were assessed with International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF)and pad test before and after the treatment. Results All the patients improveed significantly in the score of ICIQ-SF, with the incidence ofimprovement were 100% and 72.5% in mild and moderate patients respectively. Conclusion Faradization combined with pelvic floor muscleexercise is effective on female SUI.

Key words: stress urinary incontinence, faradization, pelvic floor muscle exercise