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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Womens Health Phys Therap. 2021 Oct-Dec;45(4):164–173. doi: 10.1097/jwh.0000000000000211

TABLE 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for all participants with and without urgency and frequency predominant lower urinary tract symptoms (UFLUTS)

Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria
All • Stress urinary incontinence or mixed incontinence more than once per month
• Women, ages 18–60 • Current or recurrent urinary tract infectiona or gynecologic infection or cancer
• Able to speak and • Pelvic organ prolapsea
 understand English • Previous surgery for prolapse or incontinence

Cases w/ UFLUTS • Hip, pelvic, or trunk trauma or cancer
• Bothersome urgency or • Abdominal or pelvic surgery in the past year
 frequency in the past • Current injury that would limit their ability to participate in testing
 4 weeks • Onabotulinumtoxin injections to the bladder, pelvic floor or hip muscles

Controls • Vulvovaginal dermatological conditions associated with UFLUTS
• No UFLUTS in the past • Diabetes
 6 months • Current pregnancya or birth/termination/miscarriage in the past 12 weeks
• Age, BMI, & parity • Neurological involvement that would influence their coordination or balance
 matched to cases • Implanted devices that impair the ability to visualize / make ultrasound measuresb
a

Items ruled out during final eligibility exam

b

A separate study with the same participants called for ultrasound imaging15