Telehealth in the rehabilitation of female pelvic floor dysfunction: a systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and hypothesis

The pandemic caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increased the awareness and efforts to provide care from distance using information technologies. We reviewed the literature about the practice and effectiveness of the rehabilitation of the female pelvic floor dysfunction via telehealth regarding symptomatology and quality of life and function of pelvic floor muscles (PFM).

Methods

A bibliographic review was carried out in May 2020 in the databases: Embase, Medline/PubMed, LILACS and PEDro. A total of 705 articles were reviewed after the removal of duplicates. The methodological quality of the articles was evaluated by the PEDro scale. Two authors performed data extraction into a standardized spreadsheet.

Results

Four studies were

SUBMITTER: da Mata KRU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7657071 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature