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Impact of Urinary Incontinence on Physical Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Incontinent Women: A Comparative Study between Urinary Incontinent and Apparently Healthy Women
Patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) may be afraid to increase intra-abdominal pressure to avoid incontinence. This could lead to weak expiratory muscles. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between respiratory muscle strength, physical function, and SUI in patients w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9788047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36555959 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247344 |
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author | Abidi, Sirine Ghram, Amine Ghroubi, Sameh Ahmaidi, Said Elleuch, Mohamed Habib Girard, Olivier Papasavvas, Theodoros Laukkanen, Jari Ben Saad, Helmi Knechtle, Beat Weiss, Katja Chlif, Mehdi |
author_facet | Abidi, Sirine Ghram, Amine Ghroubi, Sameh Ahmaidi, Said Elleuch, Mohamed Habib Girard, Olivier Papasavvas, Theodoros Laukkanen, Jari Ben Saad, Helmi Knechtle, Beat Weiss, Katja Chlif, Mehdi |
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description | Patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) may be afraid to increase intra-abdominal pressure to avoid incontinence. This could lead to weak expiratory muscles. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between respiratory muscle strength, physical function, and SUI in patients with SUI. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Physical Medicine and Functional Rehabilitation Department. Thirty-one incontinent women (IG) and twenty-nine women in a control group (CG) were enrolled in this study. Anthropometric data, respiratory muscle strength (maximal inspiratory pressure; maximal expiratory pressure), SUI (Urogenital Distress Inventory-6; Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7; Pad test), and physical function (waist circumference; timed-up-and-go test; abdominal muscle strength) were assessed. Body fat, body mass index, body weight, and waist circumference were higher in IG than CG (p < 0.01), while postural gait and abdominal muscles were lower (p < 0.001). Respiratory muscle strength displayed moderate correlations with SUI severity, especially for maximal expiratory pressure (p < 0.01). Maximal expiratory pressure was moderately associated with physical function. Deterioration in respiratory muscle strength is a characteristic of women with SUI. In this population, pelvic floor muscle training may be prescribed to improve continence. By feeling more confident about increasing intra-abdominal pressure, women with SUI would strengthen their expiratory muscles and eventually improve their physical function. |
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spelling | pubmed-97880472022-12-24 Impact of Urinary Incontinence on Physical Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Incontinent Women: A Comparative Study between Urinary Incontinent and Apparently Healthy Women Abidi, Sirine Ghram, Amine Ghroubi, Sameh Ahmaidi, Said Elleuch, Mohamed Habib Girard, Olivier Papasavvas, Theodoros Laukkanen, Jari Ben Saad, Helmi Knechtle, Beat Weiss, Katja Chlif, Mehdi J Clin Med Article Patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) may be afraid to increase intra-abdominal pressure to avoid incontinence. This could lead to weak expiratory muscles. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between respiratory muscle strength, physical function, and SUI in patients with SUI. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Physical Medicine and Functional Rehabilitation Department. Thirty-one incontinent women (IG) and twenty-nine women in a control group (CG) were enrolled in this study. Anthropometric data, respiratory muscle strength (maximal inspiratory pressure; maximal expiratory pressure), SUI (Urogenital Distress Inventory-6; Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7; Pad test), and physical function (waist circumference; timed-up-and-go test; abdominal muscle strength) were assessed. Body fat, body mass index, body weight, and waist circumference were higher in IG than CG (p < 0.01), while postural gait and abdominal muscles were lower (p < 0.001). Respiratory muscle strength displayed moderate correlations with SUI severity, especially for maximal expiratory pressure (p < 0.01). Maximal expiratory pressure was moderately associated with physical function. Deterioration in respiratory muscle strength is a characteristic of women with SUI. In this population, pelvic floor muscle training may be prescribed to improve continence. By feeling more confident about increasing intra-abdominal pressure, women with SUI would strengthen their expiratory muscles and eventually improve their physical function. MDPI 2022-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9788047/ /pubmed/36555959 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247344 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Abidi, Sirine Ghram, Amine Ghroubi, Sameh Ahmaidi, Said Elleuch, Mohamed Habib Girard, Olivier Papasavvas, Theodoros Laukkanen, Jari Ben Saad, Helmi Knechtle, Beat Weiss, Katja Chlif, Mehdi Impact of Urinary Incontinence on Physical Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Incontinent Women: A Comparative Study between Urinary Incontinent and Apparently Healthy Women |
title | Impact of Urinary Incontinence on Physical Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Incontinent Women: A Comparative Study between Urinary Incontinent and Apparently Healthy Women |
title_full | Impact of Urinary Incontinence on Physical Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Incontinent Women: A Comparative Study between Urinary Incontinent and Apparently Healthy Women |
title_fullStr | Impact of Urinary Incontinence on Physical Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Incontinent Women: A Comparative Study between Urinary Incontinent and Apparently Healthy Women |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Urinary Incontinence on Physical Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Incontinent Women: A Comparative Study between Urinary Incontinent and Apparently Healthy Women |
title_short | Impact of Urinary Incontinence on Physical Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Incontinent Women: A Comparative Study between Urinary Incontinent and Apparently Healthy Women |
title_sort | impact of urinary incontinence on physical function and respiratory muscle strength in incontinent women: a comparative study between urinary incontinent and apparently healthy women |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9788047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36555959 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247344 |
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