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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Modern Rehabilitation">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Modern Rehabilitation</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-385X</Issn>
      <Volume>0</Volume>
      <Issue>-</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>06</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Integrative Physical Therapy Versus Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Post-Prostatectomy Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial</title>
    <FirstPage>1443</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>1443</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sheibanifar</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zahra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ebrahimabadi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hoda</FirstName>
        <LastName>Niknam</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Farshad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Okhovatian</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Alireza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Akbarzadeh Baghban</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Proteomics Research Center, Department of Biostatistics, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Marzieh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mortezanejad</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>07</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>06</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background: Post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence (PPSUI) is a common complication following radical prostatectomy. This study compared the efficacy of integrative physical therapy (IPT) and supervised pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) in managing PPSUI.
Methods: Sixty-six men aged 50&#x2013;80 years with PPSUI were randomly assigned to IPT, PFMT, or control groups. The IPT program included electrotherapy, manual therapy, diaphragmatic breathing, and PFMT. The PFMT group received supervised PFMT. The control group received sham electrotherapy. All interventions were delivered in 12 sessions over four weeks. Outcome measures included voided volume, fluid intake, micturition frequency, incontinence frequency, and health-related quality of life assessed using the SF-12 questionnaire.
Results: Both IPT and PFMT significantly reduced micturition and incontinence frequency and improved SF-12 scores compared with the control group (p&lt;0.001). The control group showed no significant improvements across any outcome measures. IPT demonstrated superior improvements relative to PFMT in micturition frequency, incontinence frequency, and SF-12 scores (p&lt;0.05).
Conclusion: Both IPT and PFMT are effective for PPSUI, with IPT showing greater overall efficacy.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jmr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmr/article/view/1443</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
