An original exercise programme reduced stress urinary incontinence in pre- and postmenopausal women

Introduction: Urinary incontinence has a negative impact on women’s quality of life. One way to treat this may be to perform pelvic floor muscle exercises. This study evaluated the effects of an original exercise pro- gramme performed for 6 weeks.
Material and methods: The study involved premenopausal (before-menopause group exercise – BMGE) and postmenopausal (post-menopause group exercise – PMGE) groups of women. Postural pattern, pel- vic type were determined prior to exercise. A 1-day subpubic test was used to determine the amount of urine lost before and after exercise. The Kruskal-Wallis test, Dunn test and Wilcoxon test were used. Results: The results indicate that the original exercise programme had the effect of reducing urine loss in both groups, p < 0.0001. In the study groups, the number of deliveries had no effect on urinary incontinence, p = 0. 7021 (BMGE) and p = 0.4073 (PMGE), nor did route of delivery, p = 0.713 (BMGE) and p = 0.3613 (PMGE), pelvic type, p = 0.5079 (BMGE) and p = 0.4885 (PMGE), or postural pattern, p = 0.7331 (BMGE) and p = 0.7331 (PMGE). Conclusions: The original exercise programme reduced stress urinary incontinence in both groups women. Pos- tural pattern, pelvic type, number of deliveries and route of delivery had no effect on the incidence of urinary incontinence in both groups of women.