The conservative management of patients with symptoms of stress incontinence: A randomized, prospective study comparing weighted vaginal cones and interferential therapy

Comparison between two different neuromuscular electrical stimulation protocols for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: a randomized controlled trial

“…This data agrees with findings by Oláh et al 15 who compared the use of vaginal cones to the use of MF NMES current in a group of women with UI. After four weeks of treatment, 50% of volunteers in the cone group and 76% in the NMES group had improvements in the 1-hour pad test.…”

“…As recommended, the maximum possible intensity for short periods of treatment should be applied, which is already commonly performed in clinical practice. At the same time, MF NMES stimulates nerves due to amplitude modulation which allows the current to develop the same electrophysiological responses in cells and tissues as that of therapeutic LF currents [14][15][16][17] . Based on the aforementioned and given the lack of standardization of electrical parameters in the treatment of female SUI, the objective of this study was to evaluate two parameters of intravaginal NMES low and medium frequencies, for the treatment of women with SUI.…”

Comparative Assessment of Pelvic Floor Function Using Vaginal Cones, Vaginal Digital Palpation and Vaginal Pressure Measurements

“…Electromyographic registration of pelvic floor function [11] and the use of ultrasound [12] to measure pelvic floor muscle thickness in patients undergoing pel vic floor exercises have also been described. More recent ly, the use of vaginal cones for the assessment of pelvic floor muscle function has been described [13][14][15],…”

Gynäkologische Urologie

“…Wohl aber können sie durch Traumatisierung der Muskulatur, der Gefasse und der Innervation die Ruhedruckkompo- nenten senken [15,16], Der Erfolg einer Stressinkontinenztherapie muss daher hauptsächlich auf die Verbesserung der vesikourethralen Druck transmission [15,16] ausgehen. Basierend auf den drei dargelegten Druck transmissionsmodellen verbessert das Beckenbodentraining die Druck transmission über die reflektorische Beckenbodeninnervation [6,49]. Ope rationen können die Drucktransmission verbessern, indem sie entweder die proximale Urethra in den intraabdominalen Raum verlagern (Modell Enhörning) [25] oder ein tragendes suburethrales Widerlager konstruieren (Modell Gräber) [30],…”