Women With and Without Self-reported Stress Urinary Incontinence Walk Differently Before and After 16-Ounce Water Consumption

Background: Women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) use different hip biomechanics during gait than women without SUI. Objective: To compare hip angles, moments, and temporal-spatial parameters during gait between women with and without SUI from a control to full-bladder condition. Study Design: Case-control study with a repeated-measures design. Methods: Hip angles and moments (net forces) of 19 women with SUI and 23 women without SUI were analyzed during the weight acceptance phase of the gait. Mixed-model analyses of variance were used to compare between groups (SUI, without SUI), conditions (control, full bladder), and limbs (dominant [D], nondominant [ND]). Significance: P
Source: Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy - Category: Physiotherapy Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research