Women are more attentive to their physical appearance and a quarter of French women use to practice a regular physical activity.
Benefits of sport on general health are recognized. However, sport may be the cause of various diseases when it is poorly chosen or improperly performed. In literature, intensive exercise is a risk factor for urinary incontinence, defined as "the complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine". It is essentially stress urinary incontinence, occurring because of the phenomenon of intrabdominal hyperpressure, inherent with certain activities, and excess capacity of sphincters. Some sports are more risky than others, and high-level sportswomen are the most exposed. Health professionals must invest in information, screening, prevention, counseling and treatment track athletes So, the general practitioner and the doctor of sports play a vital role in informing, screening, prevention, therapeutic and monitoring of sportswomen. Better information is needed because according to the severity of incontinence and its impact, there are simple, effective, more or less invasive treatment options. The aim of this study was to establish an inventory of scientific knowledge and to improve the management of these patients.
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Lousquy R, Jean-Baptiste J, Barranger E, Hermieux JF. Are you the author?
Service de gynécologie obstétrique, université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France; Service de gynécologie obstétrique, université Paris Est, Paris XII, hôpital Intercommunal de Créteil, 40, avenue de Verdun, 94000 Créteil, France; Service d'urologie, université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75018 Paris, France; Pole de chirurgie oncologique générale, gynécologique et mammaire, centre Antoine-Lacassagne, 33, avenue de Valombrose, 06189 Nice cedex 2, France.
Reference: Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2014 Jul 1. pii: S1297-9589(14)00163-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2014.04.011
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24996876
Article in French.
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