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Pelvic floor muscle training (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PFMT<\/jats:styled-content>) has been recommended to be the first\u2010line treatment for them.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study evaluated the role of (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PFMT<\/jats:styled-content>) in women with urinary incontinence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>All women suffering from urinary incontinence without pelvic organ prolapse who attended the urogynaecology unit of a university hospital from January 2009 to June 2010 were recruited. Urinary symptoms and impact on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">Q<\/jats:styled-content>o<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">L<\/jats:styled-content> were assessed using the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>hinese validated <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">U<\/jats:styled-content>rogenital <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">D<\/jats:styled-content>istress <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">I<\/jats:styled-content>nventory short form (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UDI<\/jats:styled-content>\u20106) and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">I<\/jats:styled-content>ncontinence <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">I<\/jats:styled-content>mpact <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">Q<\/jats:styled-content>uestionnaire short form (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IIQ<\/jats:styled-content>\u20107) before and after <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PFMT<\/jats:styled-content>. Urodynamic studies (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UDS<\/jats:styled-content>) were used to differentiate the diagnoses of urinary incontinence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Three hundred and seventy\u2010two women, aged 52.3\u00a0\u00b1\u00a010.8\u00a0years and practised <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PFMT<\/jats:styled-content> for 9.9\u00a0\u00b1\u00a07.3\u00a0months, completed the study. Over 65% recorded improvement in both <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UDI<\/jats:styled-content>\u20106 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IIQ<\/jats:styled-content>\u20107. Stratified for urodynamic diagnosis, stress incontinence group and those who had no <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UDS<\/jats:styled-content> abnormality had significant improvement in their urinary symptoms and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">Q<\/jats:styled-content>o<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">L<\/jats:styled-content> after <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PFMT<\/jats:styled-content>. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UDI<\/jats:styled-content>\u20106 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IIQ<\/jats:styled-content>\u20107 also improved significantly after <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PFMT<\/jats:styled-content> in groups where the clinical presentation was stress incontinence, overactive bladder symptoms or mixed urinary incontinence. Age was not associated with a significant difference in the response to <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PFMT<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Pelvic floor muscle training appears to be an effective first\u2010line intervention for improving urinary symptoms and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">Q<\/jats:styled-content>o<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">L<\/jats:styled-content> of women presenting with urinary incontinence. 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