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incontinence
(redirected from Urinary continence)

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incontinence

Inability to control excretion. Starting and stopping urination relies on normal function in pelvic and abdominal muscles, diaphragm, and control nerves. Babies' nervous systems are too immature for urinary control. Later incontinence may reflect disorders (e.g., neural tube defect causing “neurogenic bladder”), paralysis of urinary system muscles, long-term bladder distension, or certain urogenital malformations. Weak pelvic muscles can allow small urine losses on coughing or sneezing (“stress incontinence”). Uncontrolled defecation can result from spinal or bodily injuries, old age, extreme fear, or severe diarrhea. See also enuresis.


incontinence [in′känt·ən·əns]
(medicine)
Inability to control the natural evacuations, as the feces or the urine; specifically, involuntary evacuation from organic causes.


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Our findings suggest that other exercise variables may be more critical than position in enhancing urinary continence outcomes.
A failed trial of pelvic muscle exercise training is defined as no clinically significant improvement in urinary continence after completing 4 weeks of an ordered plan of pelvic muscle exercises designed to increase periurethral muscle strength.
A minimum 3-month limit was necessary to exclude the effects of hormonal changes brought about by pregnancy and childbirth, which can influence urinary continence by increasing the laxity of muscles and ligaments in the pelvic region.
 
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