Impact of supervised physiotherapeutic pelvic floor exercises for treating female stress urinary incontinence

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Urinary incontinence is a public health problem that affects more than 200 million people worldwide. Stress incontinence is the most prevalent type. Pelvic floor muscle exercises have been used for treating it, although there is no consensus regarding their application. The ai...

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Main Authors: Míriam Raquel Diniz Zanetti, Rodrigo de Aquino Castro, Adriana Lyvio Rotta, Patrícia Diniz dos Santos, Marair Sartori, Manoel João Batista Castello Girão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802007000500003&lng=en&tlng=en