Lateral abdominal muscle thickness during breathing maneuvers in women with and without stress urinary incontinence.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and hypothesis

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) patients predominantly experience involuntary leakage during respiratory functions that induce a rapid increase in intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) such as coughing and sneezing. The abdominal muscles have an important role in the forced expiration and modulation of IAP. We hypothesized that SUI patients have different thickness changes in the abdominal muscles compared to healthy individuals during breathing maneuvers.

Methods

This case-control study was conducted on 17 adult women with SUI and 20 continent women. Muscle thickness changes were measured by ultrasonography at the end of deep inspiration and expiration, and the expiratory phase of voluntary coughing for external oblique (EO), internal oblique (IO), an

SUBMITTER: Tavahomi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9944775 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature