An evaluation of a new pattern of electrical stimulation as a treatment for urinary stress incontinence: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

Abstract

Although promising, the improvement in pelvic floor function did not result in a reduction in symptoms in all patients. Further research is required to investigate the effects of the new stimulation in combination with pelvic floor exercises and to compare the new stimulation pattern with existing forms of electrical stimulation.

Paradoxical Findings in the Treatment of Predominant Stress and Urge Incontinence

“…Other researchers found that electrical stimulation of no particular benefi t to women with stress UI because the symptom of urinary leaks did not decrease. 35 As expected, we found that women with predominantly stress UI did benefi t from exercise. However, those with the added electrical stimulation showed a greater small and unequally spread over the control and treatment groups, prohibiting the use of parametric tests.…”

Pelvic floor stimulation: What are the good vibrations?

“…In contrast, another study 28 did not detect any statistically significant differences between electrical and sham electrical stimulation when pelvic floor muscle strength was measured using a device measuring vaginal squeeze pressure. However, if muscle strength was assessed using digital assessment, a statistical significant difference in favor of electrical stimulation was found.…”

Incontinence-specific quality of life measures used in trials of treatments for female urinary incontinence: a systematic review

“…Forty-seven (77.0%) papers used one of eight previously published incontinence-specific QOL measure (Table 2), of which the most commonly used were IIQ (reported in 19 papers), I-QoL (12 papers) and UDI (nine papers). The most frequently used combinations of incontinence-specific QOL measures were IIQ with UDI (eight papers [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]), and IIQ-7 with UDI-6 (five papers [25][26][27][28][29]). …”