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Table 7 Outcomes of studies of PFMT and VW with percentage cure, cure/improvement and positive and statistically significant outcomes

From: Pelvic floor muscle training and adjunctive therapies for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women: a systematic review

PFMT+VW studies

Treatment time

N (subjects)

N (% lost to follow-up)

% cure

% cure/improved

N (%) positive & statistically significant outcomes

Parkkinen (2004)

12 months

19

3 (16)

NR a

NR a

3 (100)

Arvonen (2001)

4 months

20

2 (10)

50 (1); 22 (2)

61 (2)

2 (100)

  1. (1) = objective cure based on pad test with standardised bladder volume, (2) = subjective rating of cure; a = not reported at 12 months