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Physiotherapeutic Diagnostic Process for Female Urinary Incontinence

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Women's Health and Biomechanics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics ((LNCVB,volume 29))

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The International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI) recommendations for initial management of female urinary incontinence, including pelvic physiotherapy, are based on presumed (medical) diagnosis, so indication, not (yet) diagnosis. This chapter demonstrates the role of a physiotherapeutic diagnostic process (PDP) for female urinary incontinence in clinical (research) practice. Furthermore, the technique and a practice protocol for the PDP including troubleshooting and interpretation are presented. Based on the PDP including the analysis, evaluation and based on that, the formulation of hypotheses, if indicated, optimal and adequate pelvic physiotherapy treatment can be selected.

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  1. Pelvic Care Center Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Bary Berghmans

  2. abafi-HOLLAND, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Maura Seleme

  3. Faculdade Inspirar, Curitiba, Brazil

    Maura Seleme

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  1. Department of Radiology, CHSJ-EPE, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Sofia Brandão

  2. Department of Biomechanics, College of Health and Sport Science (CEFID), Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), Florianópolis, Brazil

    Thuane Da Roza

  3. Department of Radiology, CHSJ-EPE, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Isabel Ramos

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHSJ-EPE, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Teresa Mascarenhas

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Berghmans, B., Seleme, M. (2018). Physiotherapeutic Diagnostic Process for Female Urinary Incontinence. In: Brandão, S., Da Roza, T., Ramos, I., Mascarenhas, T. (eds) Women's Health and Biomechanics. Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71574-2_14

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