title: Incontinence pads: predicting their leakage performance using laboratory tests.
abstract: An international multi-centre project was performed to discover which laboratory tests best predict the leakage performance of incontinence pads. A combination of absorption capacity and absorption time measurements along with the presence/absence of pad shaping and elastication produced impressive correlations with clinical performance.
authors.affiliation: Incontinence Services, St. Pancras Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cottenden
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ledger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D016496:Incontinence Pads / Q000592:standards*; D007753:Laboratories; D008422:Materials Testing; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000628:therapy*