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The effects of childbirth on the pelvic-floor [PDF]
Basically, vaginal delivery is associated with the risk of pelvic floor damage. The pelvic floor sequelae of childbirth includes anal incontinence, urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.
Dannecker, Christian +1 more
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Individualised pelvic floor muscle training in women with pelvic organ prolapse: a multicentre randomised controlled trial [PDF]
<br>Background: Pelvic organ prolapse is common and is strongly associated with childbirth and increasing age. Women with prolapsed are often advised to do pelvic floor muscle exercises, but supporting evidence is limited.
Barry, Sarah +34 more
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Physiotherapy in Women for Pelvic Floor and Sexual Dysfunction
Physiotherapy provides the restoration of physical function and an increase in quality of life. It also allows daily life activities to be performed painlessly and independently.
Sönmezer, Emel +4 more
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A randomised controlled trial of pelvic floor muscle training for stages I and II pelvic organ prolapse [PDF]
Forty-seven women participated in a pilot study for a multi-centre randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) for women with prolapse.
Glazener, Cathryn Margaret Anne +6 more
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Long-term effects and costs of pelvic floor muscle training for prolapse: trial follow-up record-linkage study [PDF]
Introduction: Pelvic organ prolapse affects around 40% of women aged over 50 years. A multicentre parallel group randomised trial (the Pelvic Organ Prolapse PhysiotherapY (POPPY) trial) demonstrated pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) was effective in ...
Mason, Helen +7 more
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The use of graft materials in vaginal pelvic floor surgery [PDF]
ObjectiveTo review recent literature on graft materials used in vaginal pelvic floor surgery.MethodsA Pubmed‐search (“anterior vaginal wall” or “cystocele”), (“posterior vaginal wall” or “rectocele”) and (“vaginal vault” or “pelvic prolapse”) and (“mesh”
Hsu, Y., Huebner, M., Fenner, D.E.
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PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR THE PELVIC FLOOR
The inefficiencies of the physiotherapy profession in its attitude to the treatment of pelvic floor insufficiency and urinary stress incontinence are discussed, together with a description of the different types of urinary stress incontinence, their causes and a brief outline of the anatomy of the pelvic floor.
Chiarelli, P.E., O'Keefe, D.R.
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RESTORATION OF THE PELVIC FLOOR. [PDF]
The lesions resulting from labor involve, primarily, the pelvic floor and the sphincter apparatus to a varying degree, while, secondarily, there result certain displacements of the pelvic organs directly dependent on the weakened pelvic floor. The manifold operations for repair of these injuries of the pelvic floor have depended largely on the ...
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Objective: to evaluate the pelvic floor muscles and the incidence of pelvic organ prolapse among indigenous women who live in Xingu Indian Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Methods: observational study with 377 indigenous women, mean age 31+/-15 years,
Marair Gracio Ferreira Sartori +3 more
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