title: Biofeedback therapy for female incontinence due to low urethral resistance.
abstract: Urinary incontinence, mostly secondary to low urethral resistance, in 15 women was treated for 6 weeks by biofeedback. A new device equipped with visual and audio signals connected to an intravaginal probe was used by the patient for 15 minutes twice a day. Of the patients 12 were continent subjectively and objectively, 2 had 65 and 75% improvement and could lead a normal life, and only 1 failed to respond and was treated surgically. Besides the quality of the device, success depends largely on the quality of moral support given to the patient during the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Urology Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Susset
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galea
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Read
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D013997:Time Factors; D014521:Urethra / Q000503:physiopathology; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*