Examination
- abdominal examination - for an enlarged bladder or loaded colon
- pelvic examination
- with attention to the urethra and bladder neck
- assessment of pelvic floor muscles
- undertake routine digital assessment to confirm pelvic floor muscle contraction before the use of supervised pelvic floor muscle training for the treatment of urinary incontinence (1)
- undertake routine digital assessment to confirm pelvic floor muscle contraction before the use of supervised pelvic floor muscle training for the treatment of urinary incontinence (1)
- consider neurological examination depending on context of presenting complaint:
- consider assessment of sacral reflexes - for example, anal reflex, bulbocavernous reflex
- lower limb reflexes, motor and sensory function - as innervation to the lower urinary tract is closely related to that of the lower extremities
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