Introduction: Normal bladder function is important not only for the general health of people, but also for the feeling of comfort and confidence. Although there are many of potential therapeutic interventions available, graduate approach with non-invasive treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis is important with compliance progress of illness and type of dysfunction of lower urinary tract. Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is based on a review of domestic and foreign professional and scientific literature to determine effectiveness of treatments of urinary incontinence in patients with multiple sclerosis, with focus on use of physical therapy and impact of these treatments on quality of life. Methods: In literature review, there were included all sources, regardless of time period or sample size, because of small amount of avaible literature. Search for domestic and foreign scientific and professional literature was conducted with web browsers and electronic databases as well by hand searching in different libraries. Results: Regardless the entry criteria of urinary incontinence treatments in patients with multiple sclerosis corresponded 12 studies and 4 systematic reviews. Three of them examined the impact of only pelvic floor muscles training, 2 pelvic floor muscles training combined with electrical stimulation, 2 were comparing pelvic floor muscle training with other types of treatments – EMG biofeedback, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation, 4 studies examined the impact of single use of different electrical stimulations – interferential electrical stimulation, transcutaneous nerve stimulation, transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation – and one study examined effectiveness of bladder training. Results showed positive effects on lower urinary tract symptoms, both pelvic floor muscle training and neuromuscular electrical stimulation had positive effect on reduction of lower urinary tract symptoms, and transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation on reduction of overactive bladder symptoms and all kind of treatments showed improvements of subjective scores on quality of life MS patients. Discussion and conclusion: After review of available literature, current evidences on effectiveness of each physiotherapy interventions for preventing and treatment different symptoms of dysfunction of lower urinary tract are still a little unclear, but very promising.
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