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We examined the efficacy of pelvic floor yoga versus nonspecific physical conditioning exercise for managing OAB-wet symptoms in women.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We present a prespecified subgroup analysis of women with OAB-wet in a multicenter trial involving randomization to 12\u00a0weeks of group instruction and self-directed practice of pelvic floor yoga techniques versus time-equivalent instruction and practice of skeletal muscle conditioning exercises. Linear mixed models examined changes in OAB symptoms over 6 and 12\u00a0weeks assessed by diary and the Urogenital Distress Inventory-6 (UDI-6).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 140 women with OAB-wet (71 randomized to pelvic floor yoga, 69 to physical conditioning), mean baseline UUI frequency was 2.8 (\u00b1\u20091.9) episodes\/day. Average UUI frequency decreased by 1.9 episodes\/day in the yoga and 1.6 episodes\/day in the physical conditioning group over 6 and 12\u00a0weeks (nonsignificant between-group difference of\u2009\u22120.3 episodes\/day [95% CI\u2009\u22120.7, 0.2]). UDI-6 scores decreased by 10.3 points with yoga and 3.3 with physical conditioning, although neither within-group change was significant. The between-group difference was \u22127.1 [95% CI \u221212.2, \u22121.8]), favoring yoga. Modestly greater improvements in daytime voiding were observed with yoga (between-group difference \u22120.7 episodes\/day [95% CI \u22121.4, \u22120.01].<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Women with OAB-wet symptoms reported improvement from both pelvic floor yoga and general physical conditioning exercise, with yoga showing modestly greater reductions in urinary distress and daytime voiding frequency.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00192-026-06929-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,21]],"date-time":"2026-10-21T12:13:44Z","timestamp":1792584824000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Pelvic Floor Yoga for Women with Overactive Bladder-Wet: A Subgroup Analysis of a Multisite Randomized Trial"],"prefix":"10.1007","author":[{"given":"Ekene","family":"Enemchukwu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leslee L.","family":"Subak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nadra E.","family":"Lisha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Schembri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Margaret","family":"Chesney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alison J.","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,21]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"6929_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"90","DOI":"10.1016\/j.urology.2012.04.004","volume":"80","author":"I Milsom","year":"2012","unstructured":"Milsom I, Kaplan SA, Coyne KS, Sexton CC, Kopp ZS. 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