Helena Frawley

Comprehensive reporting of pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence: CERT-PFMT

SC Slade, ME Morris, H Frawley, J Hay-Smith

Journal article  |  2021  |  Physiotherapy

Aim: To produce a pelvic floor muscle training variation of the Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT-PFMT). Methods: Qua..

An International Continence Society (ICS) report on the terminology for pelvic floor muscle assessment

Helena Frawley, Beth Shelly, Melanie Morin, Stephanie Bernard, Kari Bo, Giuseppe Alessandro Digesu, Tamara Dickinson, Sanchia Goonewardene, Doreen McClurg, Mohammad S Rahnama'i, Alexis Schizas, Marijke Slieker-ten Hove, Satoru Takahashi, Jenniffer Voelkl Guevara

Journal article  |  2021  |  Neurourology and Urodynamics

INTRODUCTION: The terminology for female and male pelvic floor muscle (PFM) assessment has expanded considerably since the first P..

Group-based pelvic floor muscle training for all women during pregnancy is more cost-effective than postnatal training for women with urinary incontinence: cost-effectiveness analysis of a systematic review.

Robyn Brennen, Helena C Frawley, Jennifer Martin, Terry P Haines

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Physiotherapy

QUESTION: What is the most cost-effective way of providing pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) to prevent or treat postpartum inco..

Urinary and anal incontinence among female gymnasts and cheerleaders-bother and associated factors. A cross-sectional study

Kristina Lindquist Skaug, Marie Ellstrom Engh, Helena Frawley, Kari Bo

Journal article  |  2021  |  International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: Artistic gymnastics, team gymnastics and cheerleading are sports including high-impact activities. It..

Prevalence and impact of bladder and bowel disorders in women with breast cancer: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

Udari N Colombage, Kuan-Yin Lin, Sze-Ee Soh, Helena C Frawley

Journal article  |  2021  |  Neurourology and Urodynamics

BACKGROUND: One of the consequences of breast cancer treatments may be the onset of new, or aggravation of preexisting bladder and..

Establishing measurement properties in the assessment of inter-recti distance of the abdominal muscles in a postnatal women.

Deenika R Benjamin, Helena C Frawley, Nora Shields, Chris Georgiou, Nicholas F Taylor

Journal article  |  2020  |  Musculoskeletal Science and Practice

BACKGROUND: Diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscle is often evaluated in clinical practice but it is unknown which clinical meth..

A consumer co-created infographic improves short-term knowledge about physical activity and self-efficacy to exercise in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomised trial.

Anne L Harrison, Nicholas F Taylor, Helena C Frawley, Nora Shields

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Physiotherapy

QUESTION: In women with gestational diabetes mellitus, does the addition of a consumer co-created infographic to usual education a..

The Effect of Pelvic Floor Muscle Interventions on Pelvic Floor Dysfunction After Gynecological Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review

Robyn Brennen, Kuan-Yin Lin, Linda Denehy, Helena C Frawley

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  Physical Therapy

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this systematic review was to identify, evaluate, and synthesize the evidence from studies that have investi..

Reconsideration of pelvic floor muscle training to prevent and treat incontinence after radical prostatectomy

Paul W Hodges, Ryan E Stafford, Leanne Hall, Patricia Neumann, Shan Morrison, Helena Frawley, Stuart Doorbar-Baptist, Irmina Nahon, Jason Crow, Judith Thompson, Anne P Cameron

Journal article  |  2020  |  Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations

Urinary incontinence is common after radical prostatectomy. Pelvic floor muscle training provides a plausible solution. Although e..

Attributes of physiotherapy continence clinicians: a qualitative perspective.

Susan C Slade, Jean Hay-Smith, Sally Mastwyk, Meg E Morris, Helena Frawley

Journal article  |  2020  |  Physiotherapy

OBJECTIVES: To understand the attributes of expert physiotherapy continence clinicians and how they compare to novices in relation..