Hip / pelvic girdle
Exercise
J Womens Health Phys Therap. 2021 Jul/Sep;45(3):115-125. Fricke A, Lark SD, Fink PW, Mundel T, Shultz SP.
Background: An estimated 200 million people worldwide live with urinary incontinence, and women are more affected than men. The World Health Organization and the International Continence Society recommend pelvic floor muscle training to treat urinary incontinence in women.
Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to examine pelvic floor muscle function and understand its impact on urinary incontinence in women older than 50 years.
Conclusion: This review has shown that exercise interventions targeting the pelvic floor muscles may be effective in improving pelvic floor muscle strength, urinary incontinence symptoms, and even quality of life measures. Exercise interventions that were supervised or included some type of biofeedback device showed greater and faster improvements than interventions without additional assistance.