Leg stiffness and muscle power vs manometer in sportswomen with symptoms of stress urinary incontinence.

Background: Pelvic floor muscle training can cure or alleviate stress urinary incontinence. This study aimed to evaluate maximum voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscle in sportswomen and verify the association with leg stiffness and muscle power, both maximal and submaximal.

Methods: The sample consisted of 41 sportswomen between 18 and 42 years of age.

Effects of auditory or visual stimuli on gait in Parkinsonic patients: a systematic review.

Background: External stimuli can improve gait performance in Parkinsons Disease (PD): auditory stimuli can increase velocity and visual stimuli may act at step length.

Objective: To systematize the scientific evidence about the effects of auditory or visual stimuli on gait in patients with PD.

Methods: From January 2016 to December 2018, a systematic literature research was conducted in the PubMed/Medline and Web of Science databases.

Effects of pelvic floor muscle training in pregnant women.

Objective: The aim is to verify the effectiveness of the pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) program in pregnant women, by analyzing the amount of urine leakage.

Design: Experimental study.

Location: Care units in the Vila Real district, Portugal.

Inspiratory muscle training on lung function of male roller hockey players: a randomized controlled trial pilot study.

Background: There is evidence that inspiratory muscle training (IMT) increases the athlete's performance by decreasing the work of the respiratory muscles during exercise. IMT has shown positive results in the pulmonary function of athletes, and it was hypothesized that 4 weeks of intervention could increase lung function at rest. Investigate the influence of IMT on lung function of male roller hockey players.

Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in High-Impact Sport Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The aim of this study was to systematize the scientific evidence that assessed the prevalence of urinary incontinence in female athletes and determine which modality is most predisposed to stress urinary incontinence. From September to December 2018, a systematic literature search of current interventional studies of stress urinary incontinence of the last ten years was performed using PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus and Web of Science databases. The methodological quality was assessed by the Downs and Black scale, while the data collected from the studies were analyzed through meta-analysis.

Assessment of pelvic floor muscles in sportswomen: Quality of life and related factors.

Objectives: To evaluate Maximum Voluntary Contraction (MVC) of the Pelvic Floor Muscles (PFM) in sportswomen, to observe the urinary symptoms and their impact on the Quality of Life (QoL).

Design: Observational cross-sectional study.

Setting: Gyms and teams in the North of Portugal.

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Female Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of pelvic floor muscles training in elite female volleyball athletes and whether it is an effective therapy for stress urinary incontinence. Fourteen athletes, both continent and incontinent, between 18 and 30 years of age, were randomly assigned to an experimental group or a control group. The experimental group received a protocol for pelvic floor muscle training for 4 months.

Evaluation of the pelvic floor muscles training in older women with urinary incontinence: a systematic review.

Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) is defined as any involuntary urine loss that predominantly affects older women. There is evidence that pelvic floor muscles training (PFMT) program is effective on the treatment of pelvic floor (PF) dysfunctions and is considered to be first-line treatment. The evaluation of pelvic floor muscles (PFM) function and strength is central to validate the effectiveness of the training protocol in UI decrease.

The influence of inspiratory muscle training on lung function in female basketball players - a randomized controlled trial.

Inspiratory muscle fatigue may inhibit healthy athletes to achieve maximum performance, compromising blood flow and perfusion on locomotor muscles. Recent studies have showed irregular influence of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on resting lung function. It was hypothesized that a 4-week IMT protocol would improve pulmonary function of basketball players.

Adaptation and validation of the King's Health Questionnaire in Portuguese women with urinary incontinence.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Urinary incontinence (UI) in women is a problem of public health with psychological repercussions in various contexts of life. The aim of this study was to adapt and validate the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) in women with UI to Portugal.

Methods: For the adaptation, a multistep forward-back translation protocol was used.

Spontaneous rupture of renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy.

Renal angiomyolipoma is a benign tumor, composed of adipocytes, smooth muscle cells and blood vessels. The association with pregnancy is rare and related with an increased risk of complications, including rupture with massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage. The follow-up is controversial because of the lack of known cases, but the priorities are: timely diagnosis in urgent cases and a conservative treatment when possible.

Pelvic floor muscle training to improve urinary incontinence in young, nulliparous sport students: a pilot study.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Urinary incontinence (UI) is prevalent in sport students. We hypothesized that pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) can improve pelvic floor muscle (PFM) strength and symptoms of UI in this group of physically active women.

Methods: Sixteen sport students with UI participated in this pre-post test pilot study.

The source of error in the estimation of intertwin birth weight discordance.

Objective: to assess the accuracy of paired estimated fetal weights (EFWs) to predict three levels of twin birth weight discordance (>15%, >20% and >25%).

Method: a cohort of twin pairs underwent ultrasound examinations within 2 weeks from birth. We calculated the frequency of under- and overestimation of the actual birth weight (< or >10%, respectively) in the entire cohort as well in the subset of mono- and dichorionic pairs.

[Teenage pregnancy outcome].

Purpose: to compare delivery and pregnancy follow-up among adolescent and non-adolescent pregnant women whose delivery occurred in a tertiary hospital from Região de Lisboa (Portugal).

Methods: retrospective study with 10,656 deliveries. Pregnancy follow-up, delivery type, need of episiotomy and severe lacerations, Apgar index at the fifth minute and the delivery weight have been evaluated.

Cystocele - vaginal approach to repairing paravaginal fascial defects.

The objective of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of vaginal approach to repair paravaginal defects in patients with symptomatic cystocele. This was a retrospective study of 66 women with a diagnosis of symptomatic cystocele grade 2 to 4, referred to our unit between January 2002 and March 2005. A clinical evaluation was carried out using the Baden-Walker classification before and after the surgery.