Basic versus biofeedback-mediated intensive pelvic floor muscle training  for women with urinary incontinence: the OPAL RCT

Hagen, Suzanne; Bugge, Carol; Dean, Sarah G; Elders, Andrew; Hay-Smith, Jean; Kilonzo, Mary; McClurg, Doreen; Abdel-Fattah, Mohamed; Agur, Wael; Andreis, Federico; Booth, Joanne; Dimitrova, Maria; Gillespie, Nicola; Glazener, Cathryn; Grant, Aileen; Guerrero, Karen L; Henderson, Lorna; Kovandzic, Marija; McDonald, Alison; Norrie, John; Sergenson, Nicole; Stratton, Susan; Taylor, Anne; Williams, Louise R

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The addition of biofeedback to pelvic floor muscle training showed no evidence of a difference in urinary incontinence severity at 24 months.

Suzanne Hagen , Carol Bugge , Sarah G Dean , Andrew Elders , Jean Hay-Smith , Mary Kilonzo , Doreen McClurg , Mohamed Abdel-Fattah , Wael Agur , Federico Andreis , Joanne Booth , Maria Dimitrova , Nicola Gillespie , Cathryn Glazener , Aileen Grant , Karen L Guerrero , Lorna Henderson , Marija Kovandzic , Alison McDonald , John Norrie , Nicole Sergenson , Susan Stratton , Anne Taylor & Louise R Williams .

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Suzanne Hagen ^1,^*, Carol Bugge ², Sarah G Dean ³, Andrew Elders ¹, Jean Hay-Smith ⁴, Mary Kilonzo ⁵, Doreen McClurg ¹, Mohamed Abdel-Fattah ⁵, Wael Agur ⁶, Federico Andreis ², Joanne Booth ⁷, Maria Dimitrova ⁵, Nicola Gillespie ¹, Cathryn Glazener ⁸, Aileen Grant ⁹, Karen L Guerrero ¹⁰, Lorna Henderson ¹¹, Marija Kovandzic ², Alison McDonald ¹¹, John Norrie ¹², Nicole Sergenson ¹, Susan Stratton ¹, Anne Taylor ², Louise R Williams ¹

¹ Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
² Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
³ University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
⁴ Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
⁵ Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
⁶ NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Kilmarnock, UK
⁷ School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
⁸ Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
⁹ School of Nursing and Midwifery, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
¹⁰ Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK
¹¹ Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT), Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
¹² Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: hagen@gcu.ac.uk

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