标题：Exercises and mental imagery practice: effectiveness of force response of the pelvic floor muscles: treatment of climacteric women with urinary incontinence
摘要：Two therapeutic approaches were compared in reference to the strength response of the pelvic floor muscles (AFA), regarded to the ORTIZ Table. Sample of 86 women, aged 45-55 years, with urinary incontinence in climacteric, divided into two groups called Kinesiotherapy and Kinesiotherapy combined with imagery practice, respectively. Groups practiced exercises aimed at improving tension of the pelvic floor muscles, 6 months, 3 weekly sessions of 45 minutes each. Post-intervention data were compared to baseline one by Chi2 (inference) and McNamara (frequencies) statistic. Indices indicated the Kinesiotherapy treatment reslting in women frequencies migration from lower levels of incontinence to a higher level, with statistical significance (p <0.05). Conversely, those treated by the same method of Kinesiotherapy , but iassociated with imagery obtained 100% of women migration to the two lowest levels of the Table, also with statistical significance (p <0.0001). The efficacy of combined treatment was discussed as related to mental imagery practice.
其他摘要：Two therapeutic approaches were compared in reference to the strength response of the pelvic floor muscles (AFA), regarded to the ORTIZ Table. Sample of 86 women, aged 45-55 years, with urinary incontinence in climacteric, divided into two groups called Kinesiotherapy and Kinesiotherapy combined with imagery practice, respectively. Groups practiced exercises aimed at improving tension of the pelvic floor muscles, 6 months, 3 weekly sessions of 45 minutes each. Post-intervention data were compared to baseline one by Chi2 (inference) and McNamara (frequencies) statistic. Indices indicated the Kinesiotherapy treatment reslting in women frequencies migration from lower levels of incontinence to a higher level, with statistical significance (p
