Overactive bladder is a symptom syndrome that affects many people and has substantial impact in daily life. Recent advances in pathophysiology, diagnostics by means of urodynamics or alternatives, and treatment have made this debilitating disease better accessible for patients and more rewarding for caregivers. We invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to understand the pathophysiology underlying the overactive bladder syndrome, the development of new diagnostic tools, strategies to treat the OAB syndrome and the evaluation of outcomes. We are particularly interested in articles describing the various models of OAB pathophysiology; new subjective diagnostic tools like quality-of-life assessment and patient-oriented outcomes; new objective diagnostic tools; treatments in various subpopulations like children, neurogenic patients, females, males, and the frail elderly. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Recent developments pathophysiology and pathophysiology models
• Advances in Quality of Life and advances in patient oriented outcomes scales
• Development of noninvasive diagnostic tools like bladder wall thickness and near infrared spectroscopy
• Role of comorbidities like POP and neurogenic diseases in the pathophysiology of OAB
• Recent advances in treatment of OAB in specific subpopulations like neurogenic patients and children
• Outcome of new treatments for of OAB like drug treatment, peripheral and sacral neuromodulation, and botulinum toxin A injections
• Future realistic developments for treating OAB

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