Urinary Stress Incontinence CAT Flashcards
1
Q
What is urinary incontinence?
A
Involuntary loss of urine
2
Q
Classifications of urinary incontinence
A
- Functional incontinence
- Stress incontinence
- Urge incontinence
- Mixed incontinence
- Overflow incontinence
3
Q
Urinary stress incontinence
A
Occurs during activities when there is an increase in abdominal pressure
4
Q
What usually causes urinary stress incontinence?
A
- Loss of strength and/or integrity of the contractile and noncontractile tissues for maintaining bladder control
5
Q
damage to which nerve would cause weakness of the pelvic floor?
A
Pudendal nerve
6
Q
Risk factors for stress incontinence
A
- Pregnancy
- Vaginal delivery
- Episiotomy
- Prostate or pelvic surgery
- Aging
- DM
- CNS or PNS dysfunction
- Recurrent UTI
- Obesity
7
Q
PT management of stress incontinence when pelvic floor weakness is 0-2/5
A
- Biofeedback
- E-stim
- Bladder retraining
- Ther ex
8
Q
PT management of stress incontinence when pelvic floor weakness is 3-5/5
A
- Biofeedback and bladder retraining
- Weighted vaginal cones for resistance training
- Pelvic floor muscle exercise during activity
