CASE REPORT article
Front. Rehabil. Sci.
Sec. Interventions for Rehabilitation
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fresc.2025.1599599
This article is part of the Research TopicPrehabilitation Interventions in Common DiseasesView all 5 articles
Sensory integration combined with interoceptive interventions for functional urinary incontinence in children: a case report
Provisionally accepted
- People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
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Background: Functional urinary incontinence is prevalent among children and affects their daily life, psychology, and behavior. Although some behavioral therapies have been reported before, there is still no consensus on the treatment plan for functional urinary incontinence in children.This case describes an 8-year-old girl presenting with urgency, urine leakage and frequent nocturnal enuresis. An 8-week sensory integration therapy combined with interoceptive training was implemented, followed by follow-up visits at 4 and 8 weeks after the intervention. Her urinary urgency and leakage symptoms gradually decreased over the 8 weeks of treatment and resolved completely by week 12. However, nocturnal enuresis persisted, suggesting the limited efficacy of sensory-based interventions in non-awake states.The therapeutic effect of this case study indicates that interoceptive-sensory integration training has a positive effect on impaired bladder perception and voiding control during wakefulness and provides a new perspective for the evaluation and treatment of functional urinary incontinence. However, the improvement of enuresis by sensory enhancement still needs further research.
Keywords: case report, Urinary Incontinence, Nocturnal Enuresis, sensory integration, interoception
Received: 25 Mar 2025; Accepted: 24 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence: Jie Li, People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
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