The nervous system is comprised of the voluntary and the involuntary nervous systems, which contain brain, spinal cord, motor and sensory nerves. The sensory nerves provide messages from the brain to the body, and the motor nerves provide messages from the brain to the muscles. An unstable or atonic bladder due to neurological conditions such as diabetes, stroke or spinal cord injuries. The urge to urinate at night, causing a person to wake up. The involuntary loss of urine during sleep.
Overflow incontinence results from urinary retention that causes the bladder to be overfilled.
A condition characterized by urine retention, which causes small amounts of urine to leak from the bladder. The pelvic floor organs are the bladder, uterus and rectum. The pelvic floor muscle group located in the pelvis that supports the pelvic organs and helps maintain continence. An instrument used to detect the force of the pelvic floor muscle contractions. The perineum is located between the anus and the vagina in women, and in men the area between the anus and the base of the penis.