Clinical effectiveness of biofeedback for treating stress urinary incontinence in women: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pelvic floor muscle (PFM) training (PFMT) is a standard conservative first-line treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. However, the success of PFMT alone, without adjunctive therapies, has been hindered by the lack of adherence among women, who report the inability to contract the correct PFMs and limited motivation to perform PFMT exercises. Therefore, PFMT is often combined with adjunctive therapies, such as biofeedback (BF). The conventional BF device employed in clinical practice is invasive and involves the insertion of an intravaginal probe, causing pain or discomfort for women. Therefore, our team developed the PelviSense, a non-invasive BF device for use as a PFMT adjunct. The proposed randomised controlled trial (RCT) aims to (1) investigate

SUBMITTER: Liu SZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12716565 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature