Table 1 |
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Summary of all studies with interventions, level of evidence, quality rating score and age |
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Studies |
Intervention |
Hierarchy of Evidence a |
Quality Rating Score (%) |
Mean age (SD)b |
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Bo (1999) |
PFMT v BF v ES v control |
II |
23/23 (100) |
49.6 (10) |
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Morkved (2002) |
PFMT v PFMT+BF |
II |
22/23 (96) |
47.8 (8.2) |
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Dumoulin (2004) |
PFMT+ES+BF v PFMT+ES+BF+Ab Ex v control |
II |
21/23 (91) |
36.2 (median) (IQ range 23–39) |
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Bo (2000) |
PFMT |
II |
21/23 (91) |
49.6 (10) |
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Berghmans (1996) |
PFMT v PFMT+BF |
II |
20/23 (87) |
48 (range 18–70) |
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Knight (1998) |
PFMT+BF v PFMT+BF+ES('home') v PFMT+BF+ES('clinic') |
II |
17/23 (74) |
NR (range 24–68) |
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Miller (1998b) |
PFMT (motor learning) |
II |
17/23 (74) |
68.4 (range 60–84) |
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Parkkinen (2004) |
PFMT+ES+BF+VW v PFMT+VW |
III-2 |
14/19 (74) |
46.8 (range 32–65) |
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Wong (2001) |
PFMT+BF v PFMT+BF+Ab BF |
II |
16/23 (70) |
46 (range 30–62) |
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Dumoulin (1995) |
PFMT+ES+BF |
IV |
13/19 (68) |
32 (9.5) |
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Johnson (2001) |
PFMT (SVC) v PFMT (NMVC) |
II |
15/23 (65) |
50 (35–65) |
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Hay-Smith (2002) A |
PFMT (motor learning/strength) v PFMT (motor learning) |
II |
15/23 (65) |
48.8 (13.2 SD) |
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Arvonen (2001) |
PFMT v PFMT+VW |
II |
15/23 (65) |
48 (range 28–65) |
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Cammu & van Nylen (1998) |
PFMT+BF v VW |
II |
15/23 (65) |
55.9 (9.5) |
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Turkan (2005) |
PFMT+ES |
III-2 |
11/19 (58) |
47.6 (8) |
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Pieber (1995) |
PFMT+BF v PFMT+BF+VW |
II |
13/23 (57) |
43 (+/- 6) |
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Chen (1999) |
PFMT+ES |
IV |
11/19 (58) |
NS (range 20 to >50) |
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Glavind (1996) |
PFMT v PFMT+BF |
II |
13/23 (57) |
45 (median)(range 40–48) |
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Pages (2001) |
PFMT v BF |
II |
13/23 (57) |
51.1 (range 27–80) |
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Bidmead (2002) A |
PFMT v PFMT+ES v PFMT+sham ES v control |
II |
10/23 (43) |
NR |
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Sung (2000) |
PFMT |
III-2 |
8/19 (42) |
range 18 – >60 |
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Aksac (2003) |
PFMT v PFMT+BF v control |
II |
9/23 (39) |
52.9 (7.2) |
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Balmforth (2004) A |
PFMT+BF |
IV |
6/19 (32) |
49.5 (10.6) |
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Finkenhagen (1998) A |
PFMT |
IV |
5/19 (26) |
49 (range 25–67) |
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A = available in English only as abstract; a = According to Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Hierarchy of Evidence (1998); b = Mean age (SD) unless otherwise stated; PFMT = pelvic floor muscle training; ES = electrical stimulation; BF = biofeedback; VW = vaginal weights; PT = physiotherapist; UDS = urodynamics studies; NR = not reported, SVC = submaximal voluntary contraction, NMVC = near-maximal voluntary contraction |
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Neumann et al. BMC Women's Health 2006 6:11 doi:10.1186/1472-6874-6-11 |
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