Pelvic floor electrical stimulation and muscles training: a combined rehabilitative approach for management of non-neuropathic urinary incontinence in children
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Purpose
To assess the efficacy of combined transcutaneous interferential (IF) electrical stimulation and pelvic floor muscle training through biofeedback on non-neuropathic urinary incontinence in children.
Methods
This prospective study comprised of 46 anatomically and neurologically normal children (9 boys, 37 girls; mean age of 8.4 ± 2.2 years old) with non-neuropathic urinary incontinence. All children were evaluated by kidney and bladder ultrasounds, uroflowmetry with electromyography (EMG), a complete voiding diary and a dysfunctional voiding scoring questionnaire at the baseline. Children were randomly allocated into two treatment groups including group A (n = 23) who underwent biofeedback therapy in addition to IF electrical stimulation and group B (n = 23) who received only biofeedback therapy. Re-evaluation was performed 6 months and one year after completion of the treatment sessions.
Results
Improvement of non-neuropathic urinary incontinence was significantly higher in group A in comparison to group B at two follow ups (P
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