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SUBMITTER: Woodley SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7203602 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Woodley Stephanie J SJ Lawrenson Peter P Boyle Rhianon R Cody June D JD Mørkved Siv S Kernohan Ashleigh A Hay-Smith E Jean C EJC
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20200506
<h4>Background</h4>About one-third of women have urinary incontinence (UI) and up to one-tenth have faecal incontinence (FI) after childbirth. Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is commonly recommended during pregnancy and after birth for both preventing and treating incontinence. This is an update of a Cochrane Review previously published in 2017.<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess the effects of PFMT for preventing or treating urinary and faecal incontinence in pregnant or postnatal women, and summa ...[more]