Remotely Delivered Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Education for Postmenopausal Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: A Prospective Single-Arm Cohort Study

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who treat women with urinary, bowel, prolapse, or genito-pelvic symptoms, and clinicians considering how remotely delivered pelvic programs are being studied and reported.

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants; also relevant to occupational therapists and rehabilitation managers involved in pelvic health or telerehabilitation service delivery.

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 publication. Every finding, number, and conclusion presented in the course traces back to that article.

Pereira AP, Janela D, Areias AC, Molinos M, Tong X, Bento V, Yanamadala V, Atherton J, Dias Correia F, Costa F. Innovating Care for Postmenopausal Women Using a Digital Approach for Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions: Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2025;13:e68242. doi:10.2196/68242. PMID: 40173388. PMCID: PMC12038761.

One study, one design

This was a prospective, single-arm observational cohort study with no control group. The course reports what the authors observed and how confident they said clinicians can be in it; it does not extend those observations into treatment recommendations.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the population studied and the components of the remote digital pelvic program evaluated in this prospective cohort study.
2. State what the authors reported for program completion, safety, pelvic floor symptom impact, mental health, and work and activity impairment.
3. Explain why a single-arm cohort design, without a comparison group, limits what can be concluded about cause and effect.

1. Start Here: How This Course Works
2. Podcast: Remote Pelvic Care After Menopause — What the Cohort Reported (about nine minutes)
3. Postmenopausal Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and the Gap This Study Set Out to Examine
4. Inside the Program: Biofeedback-Guided Training, Education, and Therapist Oversight
5. Completion, Safety, and What Participants Reported at Program End
6. Mental Health, Work Productivity, and Who Improved
7. What a Single-Arm Cohort Can and Cannot Support
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 publication. Every finding, number, and conclusion presented in the course traces back to that article.
2. Pereira AP, Janela D, Areias AC, Molinos M, Tong X, Bento V, Yanamadala V, Atherton J, Dias Correia F, Costa F. Innovating Care for Postmenopausal Women Using a Digital Approach for Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions: Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2025;13:e68242. doi:10.2196/68242. PMID: 40173388. PMCID: PMC12038761.
3. One study, one design
4. This was a prospective, single-arm observational cohort study with no control group. The course reports what the authors observed and how confident they said clinicians can be in it; it does not extend those observations into treatment recommendations.