Urinary Incontinence In Musicians: A Preliminary Study

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Masteling, M (Author) Other; mascarenhas, t (Author) FMUP; Renato Natal Jorge (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings - 2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering, ENBENG 2015

2015 4th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering, ENBENG 2015

26 February 2015 through 28 February 2015

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Authenticus ID: P-00G-4TK

DOI: 10.1109/enbeng.2015.7088838

Abstract (EN): There has been a graduate interest in the long-term health risks associated with music practice at a professional and semi-professional level. Playing a wind instrument resembles the effects of physical exercise and is compared to the ones of a Valsalva Maneuver (VM). Strenuous exercise due to the increase of the Intrabdominal Pressure (IAP) may be considered a risk factor for urinary incontinence (UI) (3). Being established that increases in IAP are related with a higher risk of UI in young female and playing a wind instrument leads to an increase IAP, the aim of this work is to analyze the impact that playing a wind instrument can have in women, based in the different internal pressures they are subjected to due to their practice. To test this hypothesis, questionnaires will be performed by female musicians with different music backgrounds.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4