Results
In all, 84 Caucasian women entered the study, 41 to the training group
and 43 controls, with the initial session occurring at a mean 9 weeks
postpartum (range 6-13 weeks). Baseline characteristics are shown in
Table 1. Four women (three from the TG) withdrew after the initial
evaluation (Figure 1). Characteristics and delivery outcomes did not
differ between participating and non-participating women except that
women who dropped out were slightly younger and had smaller babies. Five
women did not participate in any of the training sessions or did any
home PFMT but contributed to the main outcome measures. All 33/41 women
who attended the intervention completed all 12 sessions with the
physiotherapist. No adverse treatment-effects were reported.