Strengthening of pelvic floor muscles using vaginal cones: a home care program <b>[Abstract in English]</b>

Authors

  • Daniela Zeni Dreher UNIJUÍ
  • Evelise Moraes Berlezi Unijuí
  • Simone Zeni Strassburger Unijuí
  • Márcia Z. El Ammar

Keywords:

incontinência urinária de esforço, fisioterapia, períneo.

Abstract

Aims: to evaluate the efficiency of a home care physiotherapy program using vaginal cones for the pelvic floor muscles strength to approach the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Case description: A female volunteer, 60 years-old, with history of a single pregnancy and vaginal delivery, presenting complaints and diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence, was selected for the study. The evaluation instruments of pre and post-intervention were anamnesis, evaluation of quality of life, semiological evaluation and urodynamics examination. It was applied a therapeutical exercise protocol using vaginal cones, three times a week, two times a day. Valsalva maneuver presenting intra- vesical volume of 300 ml was the initial evaluation. Mild urinary incontinence with Valsalva leak-point pressure of 94 cmH2O denoted a mild stress urinary incontinence. During reevaluation, urinary loss was not observed with vesical pressure, until 117 cmH2O for the same volume, showing a considerable reduction in urinary incontinence. Conclusions: A home care program of therapeutical exercises using vaginal cones presented positive results on the stress urinary incontinence treatment.

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Author Biographies

Daniela Zeni Dreher, UNIJUÍ

Fisioterapeuta, Mestre em Engenharia de Produção. Docente do curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (UNIJUÍ).

Evelise Moraes Berlezi, Unijuí

Fisioterapeuta, Doutora em Geriatria e Gerontologia Biomédica pela PUCRS. Professora do Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde da Universidade Regional do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (UNIJUÍ). Linha de pesquisa: epidemiologia de doenças não transmissíveis e reabilitação.

Simone Zeni Strassburger, Unijuí

Fisioterapeuta, Mestre em Saúde da Criança. Docente do curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade Regional do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (UNIJUÍ).

Márcia Z. El Ammar

Fisioterapeuta.

Published

2009-03-19

How to Cite

Dreher, D. Z., Berlezi, E. M., Strassburger, S. Z., & El Ammar, M. Z. (2009). Strengthening of pelvic floor muscles using vaginal cones: a home care program <b>[Abstract in English]</b>. Scientia Medica, 19(1), 35–42. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/scientiamedica/article/view/2612

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