Transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation to treat urgency urinary incontinence in older women: 12-month follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) is highly prevalent in elderly individuals and has a great impact on quality of life. Transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) can be an effective treatment option for UUI in older women.

Methods: This is a single-center randomized clinical trial with a 12-month follow-up involving 106 women > 60 years of age.

Randomized trial of transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation to treat urge urinary incontinence in older women.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of transcutaneous electrical tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) to treat urge urinary incontinence (UUI) in older women.

Material And Methods: The study design was a randomized clinical trial conducted on 51 elderly women (>60 years) with UUI. All were treated with 12 weeks of bladder retraining and pelvic floor muscle exercises, and 25 were randomly selected to receive TTNS in addition to the standard therapy.