Does regular strength training cause urinary incontinence in overweight inactive women? A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and hypothesis

Urinary incontinence (UI) is common in women who exercise. We aimed to investigate new onset UI in formerly inactive, overweight or obese women (BMI > 25) participating in three different strength training modalities compared with a non-exercising control group.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of an assessor blinded randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of 12 weeks of three strength training concepts for women on muscle strength and body composition. None of the programs included pelvic floor muscle training. International Consensus on Incontinence Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI-SF) was used to investigate primary outcome; new onset UI, and secondary outcome; ICIQ-UI-SF sum score. Suissa and Shuster's e

SUBMITTER: Bo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8455376 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature