Atuação fisioterapêutica na incontinência urinária: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Urinary continence is the act of having control over the place and time to urinate in a physiological way. In order to have plenitude of the urinary system, the central nervous system (CNS), peripheral nervous system (PNS) and the urinary tract must function. The dysfunction of any of these generates incontinence, in which the patient does not have voluntary control when performing this physiological need. With this in mind, physiotherapy in women's health aims to promote knowledge about urinary incontinence and the best treatment methods, in which it plays an important role, both for invasive and non-invasive treatments. In order to understand this knowledge and the way it is disseminated in specialized literature, the objective of this work is to carry out a bibliographic survey about this study, built on bases such as Lilacs, sciELO, PEDro, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar5 and PubMed. Literature available in the library of Unicesumar was also used. In contact with the various authors, a range of treatment methods was found, such as electrical stimulation, biofeedback, vaginal cones and kinesiotherapy, in addition to drug treatments. Based on the literature consulted in the present study, it is possible to infer that physical, within the context of urinary incontinence treatment, acts in an important way in order to collaborate with improvements both in the individual's physical and psychic aspects.