Smartphone-based reminder system to promote pelvic floor muscle training for the management of postnatal urinary incontinence: historical control study with propensity score-matched analysis
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a smartphone-based reminder system in promoting pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) to help postpartum women manage urinary incontinence (UI). Methods Forty-nine and 212 postpartum women in the intervention and control groups, resp...
Main Authors: | Kaori Kinouchi, Kazutomo Ohashi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2018-02-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/4372.pdf |
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