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Fourteen athletes, both continent and\nincontinent, between 18 and 30 years of age, were randomly assigned to an\nexperimental group or a control group. The experimental group received a\nprotocol for pelvic floor muscle training for 4 months. This consisted of three\nphases: awareness\/stabilization, strength training and power. The\ncontrol group was not subject to any intervention during the same period.\nMeasures were collected at the initial and final phase for both groups. Maximum\nvoluntary contractions were evaluated with a perineometer, involuntary urine\nloss with a Pad test and quality of life with the King\u2019s Health\nQuestionnaire. Baseline sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics were\nnot significantly different. Comparing the two groups, the experimental group\nimproved maximum voluntary pelvic contractions (p&lt;0.001) and reduced\nurine loss (p=0.025), indicating the existence of significant\ndifferences between groups in the variation from the initial and final phases.\nThe percentage of urine loss decreased in the experimental group, from\n71.4\u201342.9%, suggesting that the protocol intervention for 16\nweeks may help athletes with stress urinary incontinence.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-1073-7977","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,14]],"date-time":"2020-01-14T18:39:13Z","timestamp":1579027153000},"page":"264-270","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Female Athletes: A Randomized\nControlled Pilot Study"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"41","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1937-9167","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Telma Filipa","family":"Pires","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sports Sciences, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-\n        Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Patricia Maria","family":"Pires","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Higher School of Health, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes\n        and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Maria Helena","family":"Moreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences,\n        CIDESD, CITAB, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes and Alto\n        Douro, Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ronaldo Eug\u00eanio Cal\u00e7adas Dias","family":"Gabriel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences,\n        CITAB, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila\n        Real, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Paulo Vicente","family":"Jo\u00e3o","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human\n        Development (CIDESD), CreativeLab, University of\n        Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Sara Alexandra","family":"Viana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Higher School of Health, University of Fernando Pessoa,\n        Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Physiotherapy, Hospital S\u00e3o jo\u00e3o, Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Rui Antunes","family":"Viana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Higher School of Health, University of Fernando Pessoa,\n        Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Physiotherapy, Hospital S\u00e3o jo\u00e3o, Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,14]]},"container-title":["International Journal of Sports Medicine"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/a-1073-7977.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,2]],"date-time":"2020-04-02T09:29:08Z","timestamp":1585819748000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/DOI\/DOI?10.1055\/a-1073-7977"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,14]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"04","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,1]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2020,4]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1055\/a-1073-7977","relation":{},"ISSN":["0172-4622","1439-3964"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0172-4622","type":"print"},{"value":"1439-3964","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,14]]}}}