Magnetic Stimulation Shows Promising Results for Treatment of Urinary Incontinence

The clinical study was a prospective non-randomized study, carried out at the Ljubljana University Medical Center's Gynecology Division. The researchers included a total of 82 female patients, irrespective of their UI type.

The study was carried out in 3 stages. In the first stage, the patients completed a questionnaire adapted to the internationally validated ICIQ-UI SF questionnaire, which provides a subjective assessment of UI problems. In the second stage, MS treatment was carried out with 10 therapy sessions on MS and the third stage included a checkup 3 months after the treatment was completed, during which the patients completed the same questionnaire once again (as before the treatment).

Key findings of the study were:

• Upon analysis, the researchers found that UI improved after treatment with MS.
• They noted that the ICIQ-UI SF score improved in patients regardless of the type of UI.
• However, they observed the greatest decrease in post-treatment assessment ICIQ-UI SF scores in patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

The authors concluded, "Based on the findings described above, it can be concluded that MS is a successful non-invasive conservative method for treating UI. Future studies are necessary, all of which should include a large sample size, a control group, an optimal research protocol, pre-treatment analyses, standardization, and longer follow-ups."

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10215210