Abstract & Overview
Monika Gabrielė Balčiūnaitė. The effect of physiotherapy for women with urinary incontinence. A bachelor‘s thesis for physiotherapy studies. Supervised by lecturer Vaida Kerulienė. Medical faculty of Utenos‘ Universitety, health sciences and rehabilitation department. Utena, 2019. SUMMARY Relevance of the topic. Urinary incontinence is a condition which causes urine to leak involuntarily. This condition is more common while under physical strain, for instance, when you cough or sneeze. Over time more women encounter urinary incontinence. In order to avoid this condition, it is necessary to improve knowledge on this subject and search for solutions. The main goal is to decrease the amount of women with urinary incontinence. Object of the bachelor‘s thesis. The effect of physiotherapy for women with urinary incontinence. The main objective of the thesis. To evaluate effect of physiotherapy for women with urinary incontinence. Challenges of this work. 1. To evaluate effect of physiotherapy using heavy medicine balls for women with urinary incontinence. 2. To evalaute effect of physiotherapy performing regular exercise for women with urinary incontinence. 3. To analyze various physiotherapy methods for women with urinary incontinence. Characterization of this study. Research was made in 2019 from March to May in UAB \"Energetikas\" healthcare center. There were 12 women who participated in this study, all of them encounter urinary incontinence. There were 6 provocative tests: coughing while standing, 3 minute running in place, 10 stand up's while sitting, 10 jumps, 10 crunches and running on the stairs. These provocative tests allowed evaluation of urinary incontinence during physical strain. Research participants were evaluated on first day of the study and after 18 days of physiotherapy. Women were distributed into two groups. First group of women were performing regular exercises, while second group of women were using heavy medicine balls during their physiotherapies. The main results of the research: the result of physiotherapy with regular exercises and use of heavy medicine balls were both positive. It's hard to define which method is more efficient, as the results are very similar. Practical literacy of research. The data collected during this study may be valuable to healthcare and rehabilitation centers, which are doing similar types of studies.