Clinical Consultation Guide: Pelvic Floor Prehabilitation

Eileen V Johnson; Kelsie Kaiser

doi:10.1016/j.euf.2023.10.007

Clinical Consultation Guide: Pelvic Floor Prehabilitation

Eur Urol Focus. 2024 Jan;10(1):13-15. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2023.10.007. Epub 2023 Oct 21.

Authors

Eileen V Johnson¹, Kelsie Kaiser²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: eileenjo@pt.usc.edu.
² Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

PMID: 37872079
DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2023.10.007

Abstract

Training of the pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) as part of a multimodal prehabilitation program that includes cardiovascular and hip strengthening and patient education can yield patient benefits after urologic surgery. A personalized, multifaceted, holistic care plan that includes PFM training should be developed by an interdisciplinary team. Further research is needed to identify the impact of PFM prehabilitation on various urologic and surgical outcomes.

MeSH terms

Humans
Pelvic Floor* / surgery
Preoperative Exercise*