BACKGROUND: Physical therapies, particularly pelvic floor muscle training, have been recommended for prevention of @entity322 associated with childbearing, and prostate surgery. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of physical therapies in preventing @entity322 in adults. SEARCH STRATEGY: The Cochrane Incontinence Group trials register was searched to September 2001. Trials were also sought from the Reference Lists of relevant articles and from experts in the field. SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomised and quasi-randomised trials in adults without @entity322 symptoms that compared a physical therapy with no treatment, or any other treatment to prevent @entity322 . DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two reviewers independently assessed eligibility, trial quality and extracted data. Data were processed as described in the Cochrane Collaboration Handbook. MAIN RESULTS: Two trials in @entity1 (155 @entity1 ) and 13 trials in @entity1 (4661 @entity1 ) were included. As most trials recruited regardless of continence status, and there was much heterogeneity, only a qualitative synthesis was undertaken. Three of seven trials in childbearing @entity1 reported less @entity322 after pelvic floor muscle training compared to control treatment three months postpartum. Two trials selected @entity1 at higher risk of postnatal @entity322 . The third used an intensive training programme. Four trials did not find any difference between the groups at the primary endpoint. Two trials compared pre-prostate surgery pelvic floor muscle training with control treatment, and no difference in the occurrence of postoperative @entity322 was reported between the groups. REVIEWER'S CONCLUSIONS: There is insufficient evidence to determine whether physical therapies can prevent @entity322 in childbearing @entity1 , or @entity1 following prostate surgery. Further, better quality research is needed.

Physical therapies for prevention of urinary and faecal XXXX in adults.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['men', 'women'] @entity322 :: ('MESH:D014549', 'Disease') :: ['urinary incontinence', 'incontinence']
@entity322 :: (MESH:D014549,Disease) :: ['incontinence']
