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Pelvic Floor Function/Dysfunction and Electrodiagnostic Evaluation

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 1998
The pelvic floor provides support for the bladder, rectum, and genital systems, as well as proper positioning and orientation of the urethral and anal sphincters. Impairment may result in prolapse, urinary and fecal incontinence, and sexual dysfunction. The impact is enormous in terms of personal, social, and financial burden.
M M, Roberts, T A, Park
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Functions of the floor

1972
The most important function of a floor is that throughout its life time, it should safely support the loads placed on it, together with its own weight.
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Pelvic floor muscle function in women with pelvic floor dysfunction

International Urogynecology Journal, 2013
The objectives of this study were to investigate the level of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function in women with pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) referred by gynaecologists and urologists for in-hospital pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT), and to identity associated factors for a low level of PFM function.Data of women with PFD referred to a PFMT ...
Sigrid, Tibaek, Christian, Dehlendorff
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[Functional anatomy of the pelvic floor].

Progres en urologie : journal de l'Association francaise d'urologie et de la Societe francaise d'urologie, 2010
The pelvic floor is the support of the pelvic visceras. The levator ani muscle (LA) with its two bundles (pubo- and ilio-coccygeus) is the major component of this pelvic floor. LA is formed essentially by type I fibers (with high oxidative capability and presence of slow myosin) as in postural muscles.
R, Yiou, P, Costa, F, Haab, V, Delmas
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Maintaining sexual function after pelvic floor surgery

Climacteric, 2019
Sexual dysfunction in women with prolapse and incontinence is well documented in the literature, but the impact of treatment, particularly surgical correction, remains very limited and confusing. Age, on the other hand, has been shown to be an independent risk factor for deteriorating sexual function, with all aspects of the sexual function (i.e ...
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[Functional MRI of the pelvic floor].

Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany), 2022
Due to the complexity of pelvic floor dysfunctions and the frequent interdisciplinary findings, dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide valuable (additional) information for the clinical examination in other disciplines through a comprehensive morphological and functional representation of the pelvic floor.
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Overactive Pelvic Floor: Female Sexual Functioning

2016
Pelvic floor overactivity is a multifaceted problem with medical, psychological, sexual, and relational sequelae. This chapter addresses the involvement of the pelvic floor muscles in sexual arousal and orgasm, as well as the relationship between pelvic floor overactivity and sexual problems in women, including persistent genital arousal disorder ...
Ellen Laan, Rik H. W. van Lunsen
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Introduction to functional pelvic floor imaging

Imaging, 2001
Pelvic floor problems leading to incontinence, constipation and prolapse are common and underappreciated.Radiological imaging provides crucial diagnostic information and helps guide treatment.The pelvic floor should be seen as a single functional unit.
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Cinedefecography in Functional Pelvic Floor Disorders

2009
Cinedefecography is one of the most important exams to be performed in patients with pelvic floor dysfunction. Its popularity has rapidly increased compared with other routine studies for evaluating anorectal disorders, as it is inexpensive and relatively easy to perform.
Bianca Santoni, Steven D. Wexner
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Incontinence. The pelvic floor function.

Australian family physician, 1989
The most commonly found contributing factor in incontinence is weakness of the pelvic floor muscles. This is true for patients with stress incontinence and for patients in need of a bladder retraining programme. Simple assessment and strengthening procedures for these muscles give the general practitioner a powerful tool for treating and preventing ...
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