Incontinência urinária em mulheres atletas: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Introduction: According to the International Society of Continence (ICS) is defined as any involuntary loss of urine, having Urinary Stress Incontinence (USI) as the most common of them, which affects about 60% of the elderly female population. Although it is known that the urinary incontinence is not a problem restricted to older women, there is no clue about the specific physical activities that most overcharge the pelvic floor musculature in young women. Objectives: This work aims to evaluate the factors associated with the prevalence of the urinary incontinence in female sex athletes, also to recognize sports that have more correlation with this patology. Methodology: Original articles and systematic revisions with and without meta-analysis were included in the present research. These papers are available in data bases and were published between the years of 2000 and 2015. 9 articles were selected for the specific analysis of the proposed objective. Results: The prevalence of the urinary incontinence among the athletes varied from 9,4 to 95,2% in a sample of 533 women engaged in long-distance running , basketball, volleyball , swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, soccer, handball , cycling , tennis, cross-country skiing, wrestling , judo , athletics and boxing , as well as practitioners of aerobic physical activity , jump , weight lifting , walking , water aerobics, rope and step . The sport most associated with high prevalence of the disease was volleyball.

KEYWORDS: Urinary Stress Incontinence, Female Athletes and Woman’s Health.