Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training on Urinary Incontinence During the Third Trimester of Nulliparous Pregnant Women: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The objective was to investigate the effects of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on urinary incontinence (UI) and quality of life (QoL) during the late third trimester of pregnancy.

Methods: A total of 131 singleton nulliparous women without pre-existing UI who attended the antenatal clinic at Rajavithi Hospital between August 2019 and May 2020 were randomly allocated into PFMT (n=63) or usual care (n=68; controls). The PFMT group watched the video education and was taught to contract the pelvic floor muscle.