Lifestyle recommendations and pelvic floor muscle training with Knack maneuver for post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study is to investigate the additional effects of the Knack maneuver and comprehensive lifestyle recommendations to pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) in individuals with post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence (PP-UI).

Methods

Seventy-one individuals with symptom of PP-UI were included. Individuals were randomly assigned to study groups (Group I: PFMT + Knack + Comprehensive Lifestyle Recommendations, Group II: PFMT + Knack, Group III: PFMT alone). Assessments were performed at the baseline and at the end of the 8th week. The primary outcome was the subjective severity and impact of UI. Secondary outcomes were objective severity of UI, health-related quality of life (QoL) and patient global impression of severity and improvement. Descriptive and out

SUBMITTER: Gerlegiz ENA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11785613 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature