title: A pubococcygeal exercise program for simple urinary stress incontinence: applicability to the female client with multiple sclerosis.
abstract: Five women with multiple sclerosis (MS) and simple urinary stress incontinence were informally evaluated and taught a program of pubococcygeal exercises to determine if inadvertent loss of urine during activities which increase intraabdominal pressure could be improved or eliminated. A correlation seemed to exist between the client's ability to experience vaginal contraction during sexual climax and elimination or improvement of simple urinary stress incontinence using a pubococcygeal exercise program. The purpose of this article is to encourage nurses to consider a pubococcygeal teaching program for treatment of simple urinary stress incontinence in female clients with MS who do experience vaginal contraction during sexual climax.
authors.affiliation: Wichita State University, Kansas.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009132:Muscles; D009948:Orgasm; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D010388:Pelvis; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D014621:Vagina / Q000503:physiopathology