Clinical Guidelines: Pelvic Health

Bowel Health

• National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management. (published date: 2008; updated 2017) [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]

Constipation

• National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Constipation in children and young people: diagnosis and management. (published date: 2010; updated 2017). [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]

Fecal Incontinence

• National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Faecal incontinence in adults: management. (published date: 2007). [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]

Neuro-urology

• 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. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]

Pelvic Pain

• Vleeming A, Albert HB, Östgaard HC, Sturesson B, Stuge B. European guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic girdle pain. European Spine Journal. 2008 Jun;17(6):794-819. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• Clinton SC, Newell A, Downey PA, Ferreira K. 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. Journal of Women's Health Physical Therapy. 2017 May 1;41(2):102-25. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• Jarrell JF, Vilos GA, Chronic Pelvic Pain Committee. Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain (Part 1 of 2) J Obstet Gynaecol Can, 2005; 27(8): 781-826. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• Jarrell JF, Vilos GA, Chronic Pelvic Pain Committee. Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain (Part 2 of 2) J Obstet Gynaecol Can, 2005; 2 [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• Engeler D, Baranowski AP, Elneil S, Hughes J, Messelink EJ, Oliveira P, van Ophoven A, Williams AC. Guidelines on Chronic Pelvic Pain. European Association of Urology (2012).7(9): 869-910. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• No GT. The Initial Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. 2012 May;41:1-6. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]

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. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]

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. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]

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. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• 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. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• Laycock J, Standley A, Crothers E, Naylor D, Frank M, Garside S, Kiely E, Knight S, Pearson A. (2001) Clinical Guidelines for the Physiotherapy Management of Females aged 16–65 with Stress Urinary Incontinence. Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, London. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• Lucas MG, Bosch RJ, Burkhard FC, Cruz F, Madden TB, Nambiar AK, Neisius A, de Ridder DJ, Tubaro A, Turner WH, Pickard RS. EAU guidelines on surgical treatment of urinary incontinence. European Urology. 2012 Dec 1;62(6):1118-29. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• 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). [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• 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.
• National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Urinary incontinence in neurological disease: assessment and management. (published date: 2012). [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Urinary incontinence in women: management clinical guideline. (published date: 2015). [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]

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. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]

Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS)

• National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence Lower urinary tract symptoms in men: management. (published:2010; updated:2015). [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
• 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) [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]