The relationship between urinary incontinence and abdominal muscle thickness in community-dwelling older women undergoing comprehensive geriatric assessment.

Zeynep Sahiner Naside Mangir Osman Inan Serdar Ceylan Merve Hafızoğlu Didem Karaduman Cansu Atbas Arzu Okyar Bas Yasemin Polat Özer Cafer Balci Burcu Balam Doğu Meltem Gülhan Halil Mustafa Cankurtaran

Published in: European geriatric medicine (2023)

We have shown that UI was independently related to the rectus abdominis muscle thickness, which may reflect the function and mass of the pelvic floor muscles.

Keyphrases

urinary incontinence
community dwelling
skeletal muscle
optical coherence tomography
ultrasound guided
drug induced