Table 1 Treatment sessions

SESSION 1

Collection and recording of baseline data (age, intervention date and intervention technique), Oxford measurement and tests (24-h Pad Test, ICIQ-SF, SF-12, I-QoL)

Delivery of the compliance form

ES (10 min at 30 Hz and 5 min at 50 Hz)

Explanation of the routine for home pelvic floor exercises (10 contractions maintained and 10 fast contractions to be performed three times a day)

SESSION 2

Session protocol:

 Registration of possible discomfort or adverse effects perceived by the patient

 Review of the domiciliary exercises routine and record of compliance

 ES (10 min at 30 Hz and 5 min at 50 Hz)

SESSION 3–5

Session protocol (as described in session 2)

SESSION 6

Collection of 24-h Pad Test data

Oxford measurement

Record of patient satisfaction with the treatment

Session protocol (as described in session 2)

SESSION 7–9

Session protocol (as described in session 2)

SESSION 10

Session protocol (as described in session 2)

Oxford measurement

Collection of 24-h Pad Test data and completion of ICIQ-SF, SF-12 and I-QoL tests

Record of patient satisfaction with the treatment

SESSION 11 (6 months after the end of treatment)

Collection of the 24-h Pad Test, compliance and satisfaction data