Urinary incontinence triggered by stretching exercises.
A 47-year-old female patient who experienced urinary urgency after having     stretching exercises of her legs is presented. Stretching of the legs are     thought to be responsible for conus medullaris tethering which in turn causes     urinary complaints. What is interesting in this case is that her complaints     about urinary urgency stopped as she quit stretching exercise movements of her     legs. There are some examples of such cases in the literature. The urinary     urgency after stretching exercises warned us to investigate this patient in     regard to tethered conus medullaris. Tethering of the conus medullaris can be     temporary and can cause reversible functional disorders of the bladder.     Incontinence at any age should be evaluated cautiously as it could be a sign of     an underlying important developmental failure.
Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Manisa, Turkey. dmselcuki@yahoo.com
Deniz
D
Selcuki
Mehmet
M
Selcuki
Ali Rıza
AR
Erturk
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D052580:Muscle Stretching Exercises / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology