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Research Notes on Biofeedback for Incontinence
Biofeedback is successful in treating urinary incontinence by helping patients learn how to exercise their pelvic floor muscles correctly. During a biofeedback session, sensors are placed on the abdomen and the anus while the patient attempts to exercise the muscles of the pelvic floor. The sensors are connected to a computer screen and will display graphs to show if the correct muscles are being exercised. Many people mistakenly exercise the abdominal muscles rather than those of the pelvic floor. Exercising the abdominal muscles provides no help for urinary incontinence.1
Fast Facts:
- An average biofeedback session lasts about 30 minutes.1
- The therapy usually consists of 4 sessions.1
- Visits are usually scheduled every 2-3 weeks.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 UCSF Medical Center: Biofeedback And Incontinence
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- Contributor: Misty Staker
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Misty Staker
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Bio-Feedback For Incontinence, Biofeedback for Fecal Incontinence, Biofeedback for Urinary Incontinence
- Last update: May 2, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
