title: Implementing guidance on pelvic floor exercises.
abstract: The NICE (2006) guidelines on female urinary incontinence suggest that pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation is an important component of treatment for managing stress and mixed urinary incontinence. Ian Pomfret and Clare Holden outline why implementing the recommendations requires specifically trained multiprofessional continence teams. They also highlight problems with implementing the recommendation that women should have a digital examination of the pelvic floor to assess muscle contraction.
authors.affiliation: Chorley and South Ribble Continence Service, Central Lancashire PCT.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pomfret
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holden
mesh_terms: D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010808:Physical Examination; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D014621:Vagina