The prevalence of urinary incontinence in women practicing bodybuilding: a literature review

Weight training is becoming one of the considerable risk factors for the existence of Urinary Incontinence (UI) in women who practice physical activity. This is due to greater efforts, as is the case of this modality, which can generate an increase in intra-abdominal pressure, overloading the pelvic...

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Autores: Silva, Carla Bianca Santos da, Nascimento, Rafaela da Silva, Alencar, Indiara de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI)
Repositorio:Research, Society and Development
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/20933
Acceso en línea:https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/20933
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Incontinência urinária
Musculação
Prevalência
Mulheres.
Incontinencia urinaria
Culturismo
Predominio
Mujeres.
Urinary incontinence
Bodybuilding
Prevalence
Women.
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Sumario:Weight training is becoming one of the considerable risk factors for the existence of Urinary Incontinence (UI) in women who practice physical activity. This is due to greater efforts, as is the case of this modality, which can generate an increase in intra-abdominal pressure, overloading the pelvic organs and, consequently, causing damage to the muscles responsible for these organs, thus causing UI, in addition , the excess of this exercise can cause fatigue of the pelvic floor muscles, thus predisposing to UI. Thus, the study sought information in bibliographic references of practical studies and studies that were carried out through online questionnaires about the prevalence of urine loss in women who develop bodybuilding, thus having a sample number considered to reach a conclusion about the problem proposed. According to a study, we can observe that the vast majority of urine loss prevailed in some cases and that it generates discomfort and directly influences the quality of life of women. Thus, the study found that, despite the few women studied, being 918 practitioners of the activity, of these 152 had urine loss, so there is a need to emphasize that professionals working in this area should develop better strategies and more appropriate ways in the training planning of the students who practice bodybuilding.