Open AccessPhysical therapy in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence
Author(s) -
Katarina Parezanović-Ilić,
Branislav Jeremić,
Ljiljana Mladenović-Segedi,
Slobodan Arsenijević,
Milorad Jevtić
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh1110638p
Subject(s) - medicine , pelvic floor , evening , pelvic floor muscle , urinary incontinence , morning , physical therapy , urology , surgery , physics , astronomy
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is an involuntary release of urine through the urethra during the increase of abdominal pressure in the absence of m. detrusor contraction. The exercise of pelvic floor muscles is recommended as the first line of cure. It is the least invasive and the only method without any undesirable side effects, which leads to either improvement or complete cure of SUI in 80-85% of cases.