Detrusor Hyperreflexia: The Effect of Posture and Pelvic Floor Activity

Abstract

Detrusor hyperreflexia is described in patients with neurological disorders, bladder outflow obstruction, persistent enuresis and in female incontinent patients with no obvious neurological or urological disease. Postural changes were present in 60% of the patients, and in 45% of the patients examined reflex relaxation of the pelvic floor occurred with the unihibited detrusor contractions.