Extracorporeal pelvic floor magnetic stimulation in children with voiding dysfunction

• Published in: BJU international 2005-06, Vol.95 (9), p.1310-1313
• Main Authors: Kim, Jae Wook, Kim, Myoung Jin, Noh, Ji Yeun, Lee, Hye Young, Han, Sang Won
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Child; Diseases of the urinary system; enuresis; Enuresis - therapy; Female; Humans; magnetic stimulation; Magnetics - therapeutic use; Male; Medical sciences; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Pelvic Floor; Physical Stimulation - methods; Prospective Studies; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Treatment Outcome; urinary incontinence; Urinary Incontinence - therapy; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; Urinary tract. Prostate gland
• ISSN: 1464-4096; 1464-410X
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05524.x

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of extracorporeal pelvic floor magnetic stimulation in children with an overactive bladder, as although such stimulation is an effective treatment for voiding dysfunction such as urge incontinence (UI) and urgency‐frequency syndrome, experience in children is scarce. PATIENTS AND METHODS This prospective study included 42 children diagnosed with an overactive bladder, based on urodynamic or video‐urodynamic study; a complete follow‐up was available in 34. The children were grouped into those with UI only, not monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (nMNE), or MNE, according to their symptoms. Clinical variables were assessed by recording a voiding and nocturnal enuresis diary before and after magnetic stimulation, the latter being administered twice a week for 4 weeks using a size‐adjusted magnetic chair (each session took 20 min). RESULTS The UI only and nMNE group had a significant decrease in voiding frequency and frequency of UI (P