Do resistance exercises during biofeedback therapy enhance the anal sphincter and pelvic floor muscles in anal incontinence?

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To determine if a biofeedback therapy that includes concentric resistance exercise for the anal sphincter muscles can improve muscle strength/function and improve AI symptoms compared to the traditional/non-resistance biofeedback therapy.

Background

Biofeedback therapy is the current gold standard treatment for patients with anal incontinence (AI). Lack of resistance exercise biofeedback programs is a limitation in current practice.

Methods

Thirty-three women with AI (mean age 60 years) were randomly assigned to concentric (resistance) or isometric (non-resistance) biofeedback training. Concentric training utilized the Functional Luminal Imaging Probe to provide progressive resistance exercises based on the patient's ability to collapse the anal canal lumen. Isome

SUBMITTER: Tuttle LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8712345 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature