Clinical Guidelines: Pelvic Health

Bowel Health

• Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. (published date: 2008; updated 2017).

Constipation

• Constipation in children and young people: diagnosis and management. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. (published date: 2010; updated 2017).

Fecal Incontinence

• Faecal incontinence in adults: management. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. (published date: 2007).

Neurourology

• Pannek J, Blok B, Castro-Diaz D, del Popolo G, Groen J, Karsenty G, Kessler TM, Kramer G, Stöhrer M. Neuro-Urology. European Association of Urology Guidelines. 2014.

Pelvic Pain

• European Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pelvic Girdle Pain. Vleeming A, Albert HB, Ostgaard HC, Sturesson B, Stuge B. Eur Spine J, 2008; 17: 794-819.
• Clinton et al. (2017). Pelvic Girdle Pain in the Antepartum Population Physical Therapy Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health from the Section on Women’s Health and the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association
• Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain (Part 1 of 2) Jarrell JF, Vilos GA, Chronic Pelvic Pain Committee. J Obstet Gynaecol Can, 2005; 27(8): 781-826.
• Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain (Part 2 of 2) Jarrell JF, Vilos GA, Chronic Pelvic Pain Committee. J Obstet Gynaecol Can, 2005; 2
• Guidelines on Chronic Pelvic Pain. Engeler D, Baranowski AP, Elneil S, Hughes J, Messelink EJ, Oliveira P, van Ophoven A, Williams AC. European Association of Urology (2012).7(9): 869-910.
• The Initial Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain. Green-Top Guideline 41. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2012).

Related open access articles

• Engeler DS, Baranowski AP, Dinis-Oliveira P, Elneil S, Hughes J, Messelink EJ, van Ophoven A, Williams AC. The 2013 EAU guidelines on chronic pelvic pain: is management of chronic pelvic pain a habit, a philosophy, or a science? 10 years of development. European urology. 2013 Sep 1;64(3):431-9.

Urinary Health

• Cox A, Golda N, Nadeau G, Nickel JC, Carr L, Corcos J, Teichman J. CUA guideline: Diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. Canadian Urological Association Journal. 2016 May;10(5-6):E136.

Urinary Incontinence

Conservative Management

• Bernards AT, Berghmans BC, Slieker-ten Hove MC, Staal JB, de Bie RA, Hendriks EJ. Dutch guidelines for physiotherapy in patients with stress urinary incontinence: an update. International urogynecology journal. 2014 Feb 1;25(2):171-9.
• Bettez M, Le Mai Tu KC, Corcos J, Gajewski J, Jolivet M, Bailly G. 2012 update: guidelines for adult urinary incontinence collaborative consensus document for the Canadian Urological Association. Canadian Urological Association Journal. 2012 Oct;6(5):354.
• Clinical Guidelines for the Physiotherapy Management of Females Aged 16-65 with Stress Urinary Incontinence. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (2004).
• Lucas MG, Bedretdinova D, Bosch JL, Burkhard F, Cruz F, Nambiar AK, de Ridder DJ, Tubaro A, Pickard RS. Guidelines on urinary incontinence. European Association of Urology. 2012 Feb;17.
• Qaseem A, Dallas P, Forciea MA, Starkey M, Denberg TD, Shekelle P. Nonsurgical management of urinary incontinence in women: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Annals of internal medicine. 2014 Sep 16;161(6):429-40.3;updated: 2015).
• Robert M, Ross S, Farrell SA, Easton WA, Epp A, Girouard L, Gupta C, Lajoie F, Lovatsis D, MacMillan B, Schachter J. Conservative management of urinary incontinence. Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada. 2006 Dec 1;28(12):1113-8.
• Urinary incontinence in neurological disease: assessment and management. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. (published date: 2012).
• Urinary incontinence in women: management clinical guideline. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. (published date: 2010).

Surgical Management

• Lovatsis D, Easton W, Wilkie D, Walter JE, Epp A, Farrell S, Girouard L, Gupta C, Harvey MA, Larochelle A, Robert M. Guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of recurrent urinary incontinence following pelvic floor surgery. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 2010 Sep 1;32(9):893-8.

Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS)

• Lower urinary tract symptoms in men: management. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (published:2010; updated:2015).
• Oelke M, Bachmann A, Descazeaud A, Emberton M, Gravas S, Michel MC, N'dow J, Nordling J, Jean J. EAU guidelines on the treatment and follow-up of non-neurogenic male lower urinary tract symptoms including benign prostatic obstruction. European urology. 2013 Jul 1;64(1):118-40. (abstract only)