Effects of low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave on bladder and urethral dysfunction in spinal cord injured rats.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy (LiESWT) on bladder and urethral dysfunction with detrusor overactivity and detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD) resulting from spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: At 3 weeks after Th9 spinal cord transection, LiESWT was performed on the bladder and urethra of adult female Sprague Dawley rats with 300 shots of 2 Hz and an energy flux density of 0.12 mJ/mm, repeated four times every 3 days, totaling 1200 shots.

Physiotherapy for continence and muscle function in prostatectomy: a randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of pre- and postoperative supervised pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on the recovery of continence and pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP).

Patients And Methods: We carried out a single-blind randomised controlled trial involving 54 male patients scheduled to undergo RARP. The intervention group started supervised PFMT 2 months before RARP and continued for 12 months after surgery with a physiotherapist.

Associations of rumination, behavioral activation, and perceived reward with mothers' postpartum depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased social isolation for mothers, and rumination exacerbates postpartum depression in mothers with poor social support. Although behavioral activation can help to decrease their depressive symptoms, the mechanism by which behavioral activation reduces postpartum depression remains unclear.

Methods: We examined the effects of rumination and behavioral activation on depression in postpartum women by examining a model mediated by subjective reward perception.

Morphological examination of pelvic floor muscles in a rat model of vaginal delivery.

Objective: This study investigated morphological changes in the composition of the pelvic floor muscles, degree of atrophy, and urethral function in a rat of simulated birth trauma induced by vaginal distension (VD) model.

Methods: Female Sprague-Dawley rats were classified into four groups: a sham group, and 1, 2, and 4 weeks post-VD (1 W, 2 W, and 4 W, respectively) groups. We measured the amplitude of urethral response to electrical stimulation (A-URE) to evaluate urethral function.

Detrusor-Overactivity-Related Voiding in Women Mimics Bladder Outflow Obstruction and Conceals Underactivity.

Objective: Urodynamics of the storage phase showing detrusor overactivity is com- mon in neurogenic bladder patients. Terminal detrusor overactivity, which is defined by involuntary detrusor contraction that cannot be inhibited, causes urinary incon- tinence. Such incontinence causes a unique voiding in neurogenic bladder patients.