The Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise Combined with Core Stability Exercise on Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence following the Treatment of Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain

Table 2

The mean pad weight of the experimental and control groups at each week of intervention.

Measurement week	PFME + core stability mean (±SD) (g); n^#	Mean (±SD) (g); n^#
Pad test at baseline	10.36 (±4.29); n = 25	10.36 (±3.93); n = 25
Pad test in the 4th week	7.04 (±3.01);	8.66 (±3.51);
	(pad’s weight <2 grams; n = 8^#)	(pad’s weight<2 grams; n = 4^#)
Pad test in the 8th week	4.06 (±2.10);	8.16 (±3.09);
	(pad’s weight <2 grams; n = 12^#)	(pad’s weight <2 grams; n = 5^#)
Pad test in the 12th week	1.36 (±1.09);	6.62 (±3.19);
	(pad’s weight <2 grams; n =18^#)	(pad’s weight <2 grams; n = 7^#)
Cure (%; n)	72% (n = 18)	28% (n = 7)

PFMT: pelvic floor muscle training and SD: standard deviation. n^#: total number of continent patients.