title: [Urinary stress incontinence: rehabilitation treatment of the pelvic floor].
abstract: The authors inspected 112 patients with diagnostic urogynecologic and urodynamic criteria. They suffered from urinary stress incontinence. Forty patients effected rehabilitative therapy of the pelvic floor with visits twice weekly with a method which included: pelvic muscle exercises, biofeedback and functional electrostimulation. The patients were divided into two groups in accordance with the kind of urinary stress incontinence: in the first group there were patients with genuine urinary stress incontinence, in the second group patients with mixed urinary stress incontinence. The results at the end of treatment reported a proportion of success of 66% in the first group and of 54% in the second group.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale S. Miniato--Pisa, U.O. Ostericia e Ginecologia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Braccini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toniazzi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D017697:Premenopause; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy