title: Impact of menopausal status on the outcome of pelvic floor physiotherapy in women with urinary incontinence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training in pre- and postmenopausal women using a quality-of-life questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 96 patients with urinary incontinence who participated in a pelvic floor muscle-training (PFMT) program at the Physiotherapy Department in a London University Hospital between January 2010 and August 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A period of supervised PFMT resulted in significant improvement in symptoms of stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence, urgency, frequency, and nocturia, irrespective of menopausal status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pre- and postmenopausal women experience similar outcomes in relation to urinary symptoms following a short-term supervised PFMT.
authors.affiliation: Departament of Gynaecology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, St George´s Healthcare NHS Trust, Porto Alegre, Brazil, cnygcnyg@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Christiana Campani
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Nygaard
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Betschart
authors.forename: Ahmed A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hafez
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chasiotis
authors.forename: Stergios K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Doumouchtsis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000502:physiology; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000502:physiology*; D017697:Premenopause / Q000502:physiology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D053202:Urinary Incontinence, Urge / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*