Does it work in the long term?: A systematic review on pelvic floor muscle training for female stress urinary incontinence

Dette er siste tekst-versjon av artikkelen, og den kan inneholde små forskjeller fra forlagets pdf-versjon. Forlagets pdf-versjon finner du på onlinelibrary.wiley.com: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nau.22292 / This is the final text version of the article, and it may contain minor differences from the journal's pdf version. The original publication is available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nau.22292There is level 1, grade A evidence that pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is effective in treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), but long-term outcome has been questioned. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the long-term outcome of PFMT for female SUI. Conclusions: Short-term outcome of PFMT can be maintained at long-term follow-up without incentives for continued training, but there is a high heterogeneity in both interventional and methodological quality in short-and long-term pelvic floor muscle training studies