Relationship Between Physical Activity and Urinary Incontinence: Useful Information to The Physical Trainer

  • Guilherme Augusto Martines Faculdades Integradas de Jaú (FJaú)
  • José Tadeu Nunes Tamanini Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Keywords: Physical Activities, Physical, Exercise, Urinary Incontinence

Abstract

Urinary Incontinence (UI), the involuntary loss of urine, is a serious health problem. The pathology is present in a great section of people worldwide, especially women, although males may also suffer the dysfunction due to aging. Due to lack of information on the disease by Physical Educators, current paper discusses which practices are directly associated with episodes of UI and how to prevent and/or improve the symptoms of incontinent people through proper physical activities. Recent research has shown that high impact physical activities/physical exercises weaken the perineum or the pelvic muscles, or rather, the main muscle that controls the continence system, and thus tends to prevent physical and recreational activities. Contrastingly, other research works suggest that the practice of low and medium impact physical activities are efficient for the prevention and the decrease of urinary loss through the synergic strengthening of certain muscular groups and muscles responsible for the urinary continence system.

Author Biography

Guilherme Augusto Martines, Faculdades Integradas de Jaú (FJaú)
Graduação em Educação Física - UEL Pós-Graduação
Published
2015-06-22
Section
Artigos de Revisão - Promoção da Saúde