[citation needed] The tests are most often arranged for men with enlarged prostate glands, and for women with incontinence that has either failed conservative treatment or requires surgery.

In some of these patients (dependent on the level of the lesion), the micturition reflex can be essentially out of control and the detrusor pressures generated can be life-threatening.

[citation needed] Symptoms reported by the patient are an unreliable guide to the underlying dysfunction of the lower urinary tract.

[4] What is done depends on what the presenting problem is, but some of the common tests conducted are; Men with benign prostate hyperplasia are influenced by urination position: sitting improves three measures — namely, the maximum urinary flow rate (Qmax), voiding time (TQ) and post-void residual volume (PVR).

[8] This information offers a non-pharmaceutical way of managing the condition, and shows that urodynamics measurements should use a standardized position, to avoid misleading results.