Urinary incontinence among female soldiers

From: Military Medicine | Date: March 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Introduction

Urinary incontinence has traditionally been regarded as a problem primarily affecting older multiparous women. The correlation between urinary incontinence and both parity and age has been well established. Although most women and many health care professionals consider absolute continence under all circumstances as "normal," evidence suggests that urinary incontinence during stressful physical activity is common among young, physically active women, even in the absence of known risk factors for incontinence. 1-3 Nygaard3 found that 28% of nulliparous athletes reported urine ...

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