Stress Urinary Incontinence in Teenage Girls Practicing Sports

Physical activity and sport are beneficial to the cardiovascular system, the musculoskeletal system and many chronic pathologies. The High Authority of Health (HAS) recommends a regular practice. However, depending on the discipline and level of practice, it may be responsible for traumatic injuries, degenerative musculoskeletal injuries, overtraining, eating disorders or cardiovascular events. It also promotes urinary stress incontinence, by increasing intra-abdominal pressure in some situations.

The prevalence of urinary leakage in the athlete depends of the practiced physical activity. A classification of the sports activities can be carried out according to the risk of increased pressures on the pelvic floor:

• high-risk sports: trampoline (10.17), acrobatic gymnastics, aerobics, athletics (jumping hedges, heights, triple jump), horse riding, basketball, volleyball, handball, martial arts;
• moderate-risk sports: tennis, skiing ...
• low risk sports: walking, swimming, cycling, rollerblading, golf ... In sports, urinary incontinence also depends of the practiced movements (jumps, abdominal exercises ...), and the occurence of sports activity. This disorder has even become one of the concerns of federal sports authority (INSEP).

However, there is no data regarding stress incontinence of sports teenagers found n the literature on