Pelvic Floor Education for Female Athletes: What a Quasi-Experimental Online Program Changed in Knowledge and Habits

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who work with female athletes in sports, orthopedic, or pelvic health settings, along with clinicians who contribute to team education, screening conversations, or return-to-sport programming.

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants

Intended audience

Physical Therapy

Level

Introductory

Delivery format

Online, asynchronous, self-paced course: interactive reading with audio or video, and a scored post-test.

Based on

This course is based on a single peer-reviewed study, and every finding, figure, and conclusion reported here traces to it.

Vico-Moreno E, Bosch-Donate E, Fernández-Domínguez JC, Sastre-Munar A, Bachero-Mena B, Romero-Franco N. Effects of an innovative educational program on female athletes’ knowledge and habits related to pelvic floor care: a quasi-experimental study. Front Public Health. 2025;13:1664696. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2025.1664696. PMID: 40977791. PMCID: PMC12446254.

Where the authors described uncertainty or placed limits on their own results, those limits are reported as the authors stated them.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the population, the three-session online educational program, and the quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test design used in this study of pelvic floor care among female athletes.
2. State what the study found regarding pelvic floor knowledge and unhealthy toileting and sport habits across athletes who fully attended, partially attended, or did not attend the program.
3. Explain the limitations the authors identified, including self-selection into groups, reliance on self-reported habits, and the four-week follow-up window, and how those limits shape the authors' conclusions.

1. Start Here: How This Course Works
2. Podcast: Teaching Female Athletes About Pelvic Floor Care (about nine minutes)
3. Why Pelvic Floor Education Is Missing in Women's Sport
4. Inside the Three-Session Online Program
5. What Changed in Knowledge and in Daily Habits
6. Self-Selection, Self-Report, and a Four-Week Window
7. Reading This Study Into Athlete-Facing Practice
8. Key Takeaways
9. Post-Test and Course Evaluation

Quinn Millington, PT, DPT, ECS is the instructor of record: the licensed clinician who reviewed this course and signed off on it. The name and credentials print on the certificate.

Disclosures. This course was developed by The ConEd Solution, which has a financial interest in its sale. No outside funding or sponsorship was received. The instructor of record has no affiliation with the authors of the source publication or their institutions.

This course awards 0.5 contact hours (30 min). How you earn them:

1. Complete the course. Every lesson, in order.
2. Pass the post-test. Score 80% or higher. Retakes are allowed.
3. Complete the evaluation. A short form rating each learning objective and the course.
4. Download your certificate. It is issued on completion and stays available in My Account.

The episode time is its measured length. Reading, post-test and evaluation times are estimates.

This course is designed to satisfy the quality requirements state boards set for continuing education. Requirements vary by state, and confirming that a course fits your renewal is up to you. Each state’s own acceptance statement is in the credit panel on this page.

1. This course is based on a single peer-reviewed study, and every finding, figure, and conclusion reported here traces to it.
2. Vico-Moreno E, Bosch-Donate E, Fernández-Domínguez JC, Sastre-Munar A, Bachero-Mena B, Romero-Franco N. Effects of an innovative educational program on female athletes' knowledge and habits related to pelvic floor care: a quasi-experimental study. Front Public Health. 2025;13:1664696. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2025.1664696. PMID: 40977791. PMCID: PMC12446254.
3. Where the authors described uncertainty or placed limits on their own results, those limits are reported as the authors stated them.