PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING VERSUS NO TREATMENT FOR URINARY INCONTINENCE IN WOMEN

Pelvic floor muscle training is the most commonly used physical therapy treatment for women with urinary incontinence (UI). According to the World Health Organization bladder problems affect more than 200milion people worldwide. Urinary incontinence is a disorder that affects women far more frequently than men; 85% of people suffering from urinary incontinence are women. According to existing studies and literature few women go to consult a therapist who specializes in urinary incontinence in our country. Talking about UI, it is a taboo for most women, especially for women living in small cities or rural area. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of pelvic floor muscle training for women with urinary incontinence in comparison to no treatment. This is a randomized control trial and to gather information was used a questionnaire( ICIQ-SF), and personal contact with patients. The patients were randomly allocated into two groups, the control group and the experimental group. The experimental group practiced PFME at home, the control group didn’t practice PFME at home. The study indicates that physiotherapy has a key role in the conservative treatment of UI and is less costly than other methods of treatment. PFME gives good results in controlling involuntary loss of urine. This treatment isn’t very recognized in Albania. One of the best ways to introduce this method will be from the family doctors and from maternity staff who treats the most effected patients, future mothers

THE EFFECTS OF TAPING NEUROMUSCULAR COMPARE TO PHYSICAL THERAPIES MODALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS OF THE SHOULDER

Adhesive capsulitis is a common painful condition characterized by severe loss of mobility and shoulder pain. Patients with this disease have a painful restriction of both active and passive mobility and an overall loss of shoulder movement in all planes. This experimental design study investigated the effect of combination of taping neuromuscular and stretching exercises program compared to ultrasounds and stretching exercises program. A total of 40 patients aged between 40 and 60 years were involved in the study. Patients were divided in two groups: first group subjected of neuromuscular taping +stretching exercises program for 4 weeks (experimental group 20 patients) and a second group subjected of a daily program of physical therapy + stretching exercises (control group 20 patients). They were evaluated using visual analogue scales for pain, goniometric measure for passive and active range of motion, SPADI index for shoulder function and patient satisfaction. Analysis showed statistically significant improvement in both the experimental and control groups. In addition, the mean improvement in VAS was significantly greater after first week in the experimental group than in the control group. The study showed that the combination of taping with stretching exercises program leads to better outcomes in rehabilitation of patients with frozen shoulder especially when an immediate effect is needed

THE EFFECTS OF TAPING NEUROMUSCULAR COMPARE TO PHYSICAL THERAPIES MODALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS OF THE SHOULDER

Adhesive capsulitis is a common painful condition characterized by severe loss of mobility and shoulder pain. Patients with this disease have a painful restriction of both active and passive mobility and an overall loss of shoulder movement in all planes. This experimental design study investigated the effect of combination of taping neuromuscular and stretching exercises program compared to ultrasounds and stretching exercises program. A total of 40 patients aged between 40 and 60 years were involved in the study. Patients were divided in two groups: first group subjected of neuromuscular taping +stretching exercises program for 4 weeks (experimental group 20 patients) and a second group subjected of a daily program of physical therapy + stretching exercises (control group 20 patients). They were evaluated using visual analogue scales for pain, goniometric measure for passive and active range of motion, SPADI index for shoulder function and patient satisfaction. Analysis showed statistically significant improvement in both the experimental and control groups. In addition, the mean improvement in VAS was significantly greater after first week in the experimental group than in the control group. The study showed that the combination of taping with stretching exercises program leads to better outcomes in rehabilitation of patients with frozen shoulder especially when an immediate effect is needed

Effects of Physical Therapy in Older Women with Urinary Incontinence

Introduction: One of the most frequent public health issues between older females is urinary incontinence (UI). Regardless of conventional cure as the initial alternative, the outcomes of physical therapy in older females with UI is imprecise. Objective This survey intended to analytically assess the confirmation about the consequences of physical therapy on urinary indicators in older females with UI. Method The literature exploration for surveys estimating traditional cure for incontinency in elderly females was performed on PubMed/Medline, Lilacs, Scielo, ISI Web of Knowledge. We picked medical tests published in English after the year 2003. The procedural quality of the surveys was appraised applying the Pedro degree. The effects were investigated using a significant assessment technique. Results: Eight surveys were entirely reviewed exposing that pelvic floor muscle exercise was the cure choice in most surveys. Seven of the eight chosen surveys were categorized as having elevated methodological excellence. There was considerable enhancement in urinary indicators after healing in seven of the eight selected surveys. Conclusions: It was finalized that physical therapy healing appears to be useful to reduce urinary incontinence signs in older females. Nevertheless, the tiny number of surveys and the use of concomitant interventions limit the ending on this matter. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n1s1p18

VLORA`S WOMEN AND CERVICAL CANCER HEALTH BELIEFS

Cancer in general in Albania is an increasing problem and cervical cancer is the third most common gynecologic cancer among all women. Refer to European Code Against cancer an important action for women to help to prevent cervical cancer is to take part in organised cancer screening programmes. The study aims to identify in women health beliefs about cervical cancer. This is a transversal and analytical study with a sample of 210 healthy women from Vlora city with different socio-economic and educational levels. A selfadministered questionnaire that assesses the health beliefs components about cervical cancer was the data collection instrument. The results highlighted low risk perception relative to cervical cancer. Most of women believe that cervical cancer as dangerous as all the other cancers and uncertainties about the chances to recover from it exist among them. Misunderstandings and high sensitivity relate to cervical screening. Relationship between perceived benefits, emotional, economic barriers and Pap test uptake was found. Large numbers of women never screened. The results indicated that to improve the women's attitudes to health, to encourage adherence to cervical screening and to avoid misconceptions due to lack of information conversations with health operators and the designing of effective prevention strategies based on health beliefs are fundamental