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Development of a online platform for the prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence in women age 60 and over

Summary : The aim of this study is to develop a web platform, which will provide an easy access to information about urogynaecological problems for women and their conservative management. 

Online group-based pelvic floor muscle training program to treat urinary incontinence in older women: a mixed method pilot study

Summary: The purpose of this study is to study the feasibility, acceptability and effects of a tele-rehabilitation pelvic floor muscle training group program for urinary incontinence in older women.

Book on pelvic-perineological rehabilitation in collaboration with France

Summary: This book is intended to provide the knowledge and clinical reasoning needed for the management of patients with pelvic-perineological pathologies.

Coordinators: Chantale Dumoulin, Els Bakker, Montse Rejano and Tara Reman

Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule to guide and improve the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence

Summary: This study aims to better identify women who are most likely to benefit from physiotherapy to treat urinary incontinence.

Understanding deep intra-abdominal pressure and its relationship to PFM pressure in UI-afflicted women

Summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate the validity of a new device, the Femfit, which measures intra-vaginal pressure profiles.



Individualized virtual training game for older adults with one or more of the following conditions: mobility impairment, cognitive impairment and/or urinary incontinence

Summary: Assessment of a new virtual training game targeting older adults and aiming to improve balance, cognitive function and leg and pelvic floor muscle strength.


The GROUP program: A multi-center mixed-method implantation study

Summary: Study evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of a group perineal rehabilitation program (GROUP program) within Quebec’s health care system.

Development of a mobile application synthesizing educational and exercise aspects of the GROUP project

Summary: The aim of this study is to develop a mobile application, which would increase the accessibility of the GROUP pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation exercise program for older women with urinary incontinence.

Chapter update: conservative management of incontinence and prolapse in the book "Incontinence" by the Consultation on Incontinence

Summary: This project aims to update knowledge and make recommendations on the conservative management of various pelvic dysfunctions, based on the most recent scientific evidence. This information will be published in the chapter on conservative management of incontinence and prolapse in the International Consultation on Incontinence’s book, “Incontinence”.

Technology and older women: the use of personal intravaginal neuromuscular electrical stimulation to improve contraction strength and reduce urinary symptoms in older women with stress urinary incontinence and weak pelvic floor muscles

Summary: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of using a home vaginal electrical stimulation device for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in older women with weak pelvic floor muscles.