作者
Daniëlle A van Reijn-Baggen, Ingrid JM Han-Geurts, Petra J Voorham-van der Zalm, Rob CM Pelger, Caroline HAC Hagenaars-van Miert, Ellen TM Laan
发表日期
2022/4
来源
Sexual medicine reviews
卷号
10
期号
2
页码范围
209-230
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Introduction
Hypertonicity of the pelvic floor (PFH) is a disabling condition with urological, gynecological and gastrointestinal symptoms, sexual problems and chronic pelvic pain, impacting quality of life. Pelvic floor physical therapy (PFPT) is a first-line intervention, yet no systematic review on the efficacy of PFPT for the treatment of PFH has been conducted.
Objectives
To systematically appraise the current literature on efficacy of PFPT modalities related to PFH.
Methods
PubMed, Embase, Emcare, Web of Science, and Cochrane databases were searched from inception until February 2020. A manual search from reference lists of included articles was performed. Ongoing trials were reviewed using clinicaltrial.gov. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), prospective - and retrospective cohorts and case-study analyses were included.
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