Experience of playing sport or exercising for women with pelvic floor symptoms: A qualitative study

JG Dakic, J Hay-Smith, KY Lin, J Cook… - Sports Medicine …, 2023 - Springer
Background Women participate in sport at lower rates than men, and face unique
challenges to participation. One in three women across all sports experience pelvic floor …

Effect of pelvic floor symptoms on women's participation in exercise: a mixed-methods systematic review with meta-analysis

JG Dakic, J Hay-Smith, J Cook, KY Lin, M Calo… - Journal of Orthopaedic & …, 2021 - jospt.org
Objective To (1) review the effect of pelvic floor (PF) symptoms (urinary incontinence [UI],
pelvic organ prolapse, and anal incontinence) on exercise participation in women, and (2) …

Pelvic floor disorders stop women exercising: a survey of 4556 symptomatic women

JG Dakic, J Cook, J Hay-Smith, KY Lin… - Journal of Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To establish the impact of pelvic floor (PF) symptoms (urinary incontinence [UI],
anal incontinence [AI] and pelvic organ prolapse [POP]) on exercise participation in women …

Elite female athletes' experiences of symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction: A systematic review

E Culleton-Quinn, K Bø, N Fleming, D Mockler… - International …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction and aims Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) is a collection of signs, symptoms and
conditions affecting the pelvic floor and urinary incontinence (UI) is the most common type of …

[HTML][HTML] Screening for pelvic floor symptoms in exercising women: a survey of 636 health and exercise professionals

JG Dakic, J Hay-Smith, J Cook, KY Lin… - Journal of Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives This study aimed to establish health and exercise professionals'(i) current
practice of screening for pelvic floor (PF) symptoms in women within sports/exercise settings …

Pelvic floor symptoms are an overlooked barrier to exercise participation: a cross-sectional online survey of 4556 women who are symptomatic

JG Dakic, J Cook, J Hay-Smith, KY Lin… - Physical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objective This study aimed to:(1) investigate barriers to exercise in women with pelvic floor
(PF) symptoms (urinary incontinence [UI], anal incontinence [AI], and pelvic organ prolapse …

Women's preferences for pelvic floor screening in sport and exercise: a mixed-methods study integrating survey and interview data in Australian women

JG Dakic, EJC Hay-Smith, KY Lin, JL Cook… - British journal of sports …, 2023 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives One in two women experiencing pelvic floor (PF) symptoms stop playing sport or
exercising. The study examines the perspective of women with PF symptoms to inform …

Do women runners report more pelvic floor symptoms than women in CrossFit®? A cross-sectional survey

LB Forner, EM Beckman, MD Smith - International urogynecology journal, 2021 - Springer
Introduction and hypothesis Women who perform high-impact activities might be at greater
risk of pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) than those participating in low-impact exercise; …

Sport and pelvic floor dysfunction in male and female athletes: A scoping review

S Giagio, S Salvioli, P Pillastrini… - Neurourology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The aims of the present scoping review were to systematically map and summarize
findings to identify any study that reported epidemiological data on pelvic floor dysfunction …

Pelvic floor muscle function and urinary incontinence in the female athlete

EK Casey, K Temme - The Physician and sportsmedicine, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Urinary incontinence, defined as involuntary leakage of urine, is often considered a disorder
of post-partum and post-menopausal women. However, this disorder is not exclusive to …