dc.contributor.author |
Mundet, Lluís |
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Rofes, Laia |
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Ortega, Omar |
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Cabib, Christopher |
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Clavé i Civit, Pere |
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
dc.date |
2021 |
dc.identifier |
https://ddd.uab.cat/record/238797 |
dc.identifier |
urn:10.5056/jnm20013 |
dc.identifier |
urn:oai:ddd.uab.cat:238797 |
dc.identifier |
urn:pmcid:PMC7786087 |
dc.identifier |
urn:pmc-uid:7786087 |
dc.identifier |
urn:pmid:33109777 |
dc.identifier |
urn:articleid:20930887v27n1p108 |
dc.identifier |
urn:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7786087 |
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application/pdf |
dc.language |
eng |
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dc.relation |
Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility ; Vol. 27 Núm. 1 (january 2021), p. 108-118 |
dc.rights |
open access |
dc.rights |
Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. |
dc.rights |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
dc.subject |
Biofeedback |
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Electric stimulation |
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Fecal incontinence |
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Pelvic floor disorders |
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Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation |
dc.title |
Kegel Exercises, Biofeedback, Electrostimulation, and Peripheral Neuromodulation Improve Clinical Symptoms of Fecal Incontinence and Affect Specific Physiological Targets : An Randomized Controlled Trial |
dc.type |
Estudi clínic |
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Funding: Part of this research was funded through 2 PERIS grants from the Catalonian Health Department (SLT002/16/00214 and SLT008/18/00168). CIBERehd is funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain |
dc.description.abstract |
Fecal incontinence (FI) is a prevalent condition among community-dwelling women, and has a major impact on quality of life (QoL). Research on treatments commonly used in clinical practice-Kegel exercises, biofeedback, electrostimulation, and transcutaneous neuromodulation-give discordant results and some lack methodological rigor, making scientific evidence weak. The aim is to assess the clinical efficacy of these 4 treatments on community-dwelling women with FI and their impact on severity, QoL and anorectal physiology. A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 150 females with FI assessed with anorectal manometry and endoanal ultrasonography, and pudendal nerve terminal motor latency, anal/rectal sensory-evoked-potentials, clinical severity, and QoL were determined. Patients were randomly assigned to one of the following groups Kegel (control), biofeedback + Kegel, electrostimulation + Kegel, and neuromodulation + Kegel, treated for 3 months and re-evaluated, then followed up after 6 months. Mean age was 61.09 ± 12.17. Severity of FI and QoL was significantly improved in a similar way after all treatments. The effect on physiology was treatment-specific Kegel and electrostimulation + Kegel, increased resting pressure (P < 0.05). Squeeze pressures strongly augmented with biofeedback + Kegel, electrostimulation + Kegel and neuromodulation + Kegel (P < 0.01). Endurance of squeeze increased in biofeedback + Kegel and electrostimulation + Kegel (P < 0.01). Rectal perception threshold was reduced in the biofeedback + Kegel, electrostimulation + Kegel, and neuromodulation + Kegel (P < 0.05); anal sensory-evoked-potentials latency shortened in patients with electrostimulation + Kegel (P < 0.05). The treatments for FI assessed have a strong and similar efficacy on severity and QoL but affect specific pathophysiological mechanisms. This therapeutic specificity can help to develop more efficient multimodal algorithm treatments for FI based on pathophysiological phenotypes. |