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November 11, 2025International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOpen Access

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Extracorporeal Vaginal Peflex Weights for Enhancing Pelvic Floor Function and Relieving Stress Urinary Incontinence

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ACAvital Bar ChenTFTal FligelmanLKLeonid Kalichman

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Overview

Randomized trial shows enhanced muscle power in women with stress urinary incontinence, suggesting new treatment options.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of Peflex weights in reducing stress urinary incontinence symptoms and improving pelvic floor muscle function.
  • Pilot randomized controlled trial with 35 women aged 18 to 50 diagnosed with SUI.
  • Participants assigned to Peflex weights training or control group with standard training.
  • Both groups engaged in six weeks of home-based training.
  • Primary outcome assessed with the ICIQ-UI-SF and secondary outcomes via ultrasound measurements.
  • Peflex group showed significant improvements in muscle power and contraction repetition compared to control (p = 0.015, p = 0.007).
  • Similar improvements in the ICIQ-UI-SF between groups (p > 0.05).
  • Higher satisfaction trend in the Peflex group (p = 0.054).
  • Highlighted the effectiveness of Peflex weights for increasing muscle function.

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Chen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69252e90c0ce034ddc355fe0https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22111703
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