Oliveira and colleagues (2017) noted that strengthening exercises for PFM (SEPFM) are considered the 1st approach in the treatment of SUI. Nevertheless, there is no evidence about training parameters. These researchers identified the protocol and/or most effective training parameters in the treatment of female SUI. A literature research was conducted in the PubMed, Cochrane Library, PEDro, Web of Science and Lilacs databases, with publishing dates ranging from January 1992 to March 2014. The articles included consisted of English-speaking experimental studies in which SEPFM were compared with placebo treatment (usual or untreated). The sample had a diagnosis of SUI and their age ranged between 18 and 65 years. The assessment of methodological quality was performed based on the PEDro scale. A total of 7 high methodological quality articles were included in this review. The sample consisted of 331 women, mean age of 44.4 ± 5.51 years, average duration of urinary loss of 64 ± 5.66 months and severity of SUI ranging from mild to severe. SEPFM programs included different training parameters concerning the PFM. Some studies have applied abdominal training and adjuvant techniques. Urine leakage cure rates varied from 28.6 to 80 %, while the strength increase of PFM varied from 15.6 to 161.7 %. The authors concluded that the most effective training protocol consists of SEPFM by digital palpation combined with biofeedback monitoring and vaginal cones, including 12-week training parameters, and 10 repetitions per series in different positions compared with SEPFM alone or a lack of treatment.