Hossam Eldeen Gamal Ahmed Fouad <br/><br/>
Effect of pelvic floor exercises on post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence :   A systematic review /  
 تأثير  تمرينات الحوض على التبول اللارادى بعد استئصال البروستاتا :   مراجعة منهجية 
Hossam Eldeen Gamal Ahmed Fouad ; Supervised Samah Hosny Naguib , Hoda Mohamed Abutaleb , Marwa Mahmoud Abdelmotelb 
 - Cairo :   Hossam Eldeen Gamal Ahmed Fouad ,   2019 
 - 95 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm  
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery  
<br/><br/> Purpose: to evaluate the efficacy of pelvic floor exercises on patients suffering post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence. Methods: systematic review of all published studies with all research designs except  expert opinions. A search was made in Medline, Cochrane library, PEDro and Google scholar; from the earliest date to 2011. Interventions: pelvic floor exercises performed by physical therapist in patients suffering from post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence. Results: only fourteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Meta-Analysis could be done and the current level of evidence to support the effectiveness of pelvic floor exercises on post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence is strong. Conclusions: the current level of evidence support the effectiveness of pelvic floor exercises to reduce the frequency of leakage is good  
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Pelvic floor exercises Prostatectomy and radical prostatectomy  Urinary incontinence