Comparison of Stabilization Exercises and Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence

Comparison of Stabilization Exercises and Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence

The aim of the study was to compare the effects of stabilization exercises and pelvic floor muscle training in women with stress urinary incontinence.

Stress urinary incontinence is involuntary urinary incontinence with increased intraabdominal pressure. Different exercise approaches such as pelvic floor exercises and stabilization exercises are used in these patients. There is a need for studies comparing the effects of these exercises.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women between the ages of 18-65 who have symptoms of stress or stress-dominant mixed urinary incontinence, who volunteered to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who are pregnant, have communication and cooperation problems, have a concomitant neurological or rheumatological disease, have a history of surgery involving the abdominal and pelvic regions in the last year, have undergone spine surgery, those diagnosed with pure urge urinary incontinence or mixed type incontinence, those with advanced pelvic organ prolapse, those with a spinal deformity (such as scoliosis), the presence of orthopedic problems in the lower extremities (such as lower extremity shortness, presence of deformity etc.) and vestibular system disorder