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Physiotherapy for Pelvic Muscles

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Physiotherapeutic training of the pelvic diaphragm is prescribed for urine and fecal incontinence in most Western countries. Strange enough convincing proof by a double-blind randomized trial is missing. A new technique is trigger-point treatment for pelvic pain. This method obtained hardly any positive evidence and caused dispute between those in favor of the method and those against thinking it is quackery. Anatomy shows that the pelvic diaphragm is different in incontinent females and that training changes the pelvic diaphragm, despite absence of convincing physiotherapeutic trials.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Signals and Systems, EWI, MIRA, University Twente, Building Zuidhorst, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Enrico Marani

  2. Medisch Centrum Alkmaar Polikliniek Urologie, Alkmaar, The Netherlands

    Wijnand F.R.M. Koch

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Marani, E., Koch, W.F. (2014). Physiotherapy for Pelvic Muscles. In: The Pelvis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40006-3_9

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