When administered at home by parents while the child sleeps, therapeutic electrical stimulation is safe for bladder and bowel continence in the myelomeningocele population. It seems to increase significantly bladder capacity, does not appear to change urethral pressure profile and results in a subjectively improved sensation of pelvic fullness, enhancing urinary and fecal continence. The most beneficial effect of therapeutic electrical stimulation seems to be on the bladder wall and less so on the striated pelvic floor musculature with subjective enhancement of pelvic fullness also contributing positively.

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