IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 50 / Issue 1 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog5001007
Open Access Review
The Application of Physiotherapy in Urinary Incontinence
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1 Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Culture in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poznań University of Physical Education, 61-871 Poznań, Poland
2 Department and Clinic of Obstetrics, Women's Diseases and Oncological Gynecology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 85-168 Bydgoszcz, Poland
3 Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-758 Poznań, Poland
4 Center for Sexology and Pediatric, Adolescent Gynecology, Division of Gynecology, Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-758 Poznań, Poland
5 Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, 01-938 Warsaw, Poland
6 Department of Sports Dietetics, Dietetic Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, Poznań University of Physical Education, 61-871 Poznan, Poland
7 Nursing Department, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State Universidty of Kalisz, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland
*Correspondence: malgo_wojcik@interia.pl (Małgorzata Wójcik)
Academic Editors: Andrzej Semczuk and Andrea Tinelli
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2023, 50(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5001007
Submitted: 28 September 2022 | Revised: 1 December 2022 | Accepted: 9 December 2022 | Published: 6 January 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Objective: The problem of urinary incontinence affects half of the adult female population, impacting adversely on their comfort of life and significantly hindering ordinary life activities (laughing, sneezing, coughing, physical activity); it also affects the quality of their sexual life. Physiotherapy is an increasingly common method for the conservative treatment of genital static disorders and stress urinary incontinence. Mechanism: In this article, the authors consider the following aspects: the use of various physiotherapy interventions as adjunctive treatment for urinary incontinence. The authors reviewed the literature databases in PubMed, Medline and Embase to identify links between the applied physiotherapeutic treatment and its effectiveness. Findings in Brief: The applied physiotherapeutic treatments and their effectiveness in urinary incontinence are presented. Conclusions: Physiotherapy treatments are effective and supportive of the treatment process in women of all age ranges with urinary incontinence, thus improving their quality of life.

Keywords
physiotherapy
women
urinary incontinence
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