Urinary Incontinence

Professor Marcus Drake is Physiological Urology at Bristol University, UK Chris Fry is the Chair in Applied Physiology and Professor of Physiology at Bristol University. He has a scientific background with extensive collaboration in clinical grants. He is a member of the Research Ethics Committee for the Ministry of Defence and on the Court of Examiners for The Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is the longstanding chair of the International Consultation on Incontinence basic science committee. He is an active member of the Physiological Society, American Physiological Society, International Continence Society and British Society for Cardiovascular Research. He is an external reviewer for the Developmental Sciences and Neurosciences programmes at Cambridge University; and external reviewer for the (MB BS, BSc Biomedical Sciences) at St George's, University of London.

Part 1. System Physiology: Function and adaptation 1. Bladder integrative physiology 2. Sensory information from the lower urinary tract 3. Conscious sensation 4. Cerebral control of storage/voiding cycle 5. Synergy of lower urinary tract function 6. Inflammation, fibrosis and collateral influences Part 2. Incontinence: Mechanism and therapy 7. Urgency urinary incontinence 8. Stress urinary incontinence 9. Situational incontinence. 10. Enuresis, voiding dysregulation and disinhibited voiding