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Pelvic floor muscle exercise practice and its determinants among postpartum women in Central Ethiopia: as a strategy for preventing pelvic floor disorders [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Pelvic floor disorders are highly prevalent among reproductive-age women in sub-Saharan Africa and commonly lead to urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, bowel dysfunction, sexual problems, and reduced quality of life. Pelvic floor muscle exercise,
Mebratu Demissie Senbeta, Aberash Beyene Derribow, Aynalem Belay, Ayana Benti Terefe, Mangistu Abera   +4 more
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Prevalence and associated factors of symptomatic pelvic floor disorders among women living in Debre Tabor Town, Northwest Amhara, Ethiopia [PDF]

BMC Women's Health
Background Pelvic floor disorders are a group of disorders affecting the pelvic floor that include clinically definable conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence and fecal incontinence.
Berihun Assefa Demissie, Merete Kolberg Tennfjord, Tewodros Mihiret, Yohannes Abich, Ashenafi Zemed, Zelalem Mengistu, Solomon Gedlu Nigatu   +6 more
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Imaging of pelvic floor disorders involving the posterior compartment on dynamic MR defaecography [PDF]

South African Journal of Radiology
Disorders related to defaecation are widely common in the population and are often overlooked. Patients may present with a wide variety of symptoms such as constipation, faecal incontinence, painful defaecation, incomplete defaecation, hard stools ...
Rajshree U. Dhadve, Karishma S. Krishnani, Tushar Kalekar, Eshan C. Durgi, Urvashi Agarwal, Suhas M., Divyajat Kumar   +6 more
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Influence of pelvic floor disorders on quality of life in women. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2023
Objective To determine whether the different pelvic floor disorders are associated with changes in perceived quality of life (QoL), globally and in its sub-dimensions. Methods An observational study was conducted with women in Spain between 2021 and 2022.
Peinado Molina RA, Hernández Martínez A, Martínez Vázquez S, Martínez Galiano JM.   +3 more
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Influence of pelvic floor disorders on sexuality in women [PDF]

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2023
To determine the association between different pelvic floor disorders and the presence of sexual dysfunction in women.
Juan Miguel Martínez‐Galiano, Rocío Adriana Peinado‐Molina, Sergio Martínez‐Vázquez, Fidel Hita‐Contreras, Miguel Delgado‐Rodríguez, Antonio Hernández‐Martínez   +5 more
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Imaging modalities for the detection of posterior pelvic floor disorders in women with obstructed defaecation syndrome [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021
BACKGROUND Obstructed defaecation syndrome (ODS) is difficulty in evacuating stools, requiring straining efforts at defaecation, having the sensation of incomplete evacuation, or the need to manually assist defaecation. This is due to a physical blockage
Isabelle van Gruting, Aleksandra Stankiewicz, Ranee Thakar, G. A. Santoro, Joanna IntHout, Abdul H. Sultan   +5 more
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Bidirectional Relationships between Sarcopenia and Pelvic Floor Disorders. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Sarcopenia and pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) are prevalent and often cooccurring conditions in the aging population. However, their bidirectional relationship and underlying mechanisms remain underexplored.
Grosman Y, Kalichman L.
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Impact of postpartum exercise on pelvic floor disorders and diastasis recti abdominis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

Br J Sports Med
Objective To examine the effect of exercise during the first year postpartum on pelvic floor disorders and diastasis recti abdominis. Design Systematic review with random effects meta-analysis.
Beamish NF, Davenport MH, Ali MU, Gervais MJ, Sjwed TN, Bains G, Sivak A, Deering RE, Ruchat SM.   +8 more
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Effects of Non-Invasive Radiofrequency Diathermy in Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Systematic Review

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objectives: In recent years, the use of radiofrequency diathermy in pelvic floor disorders has grown proportionally to the interest in this specialty.
María Dolores González-Gutiérrez, Álvaro López-Garrido, Irene Cortés-Pérez, Esteban Obrero-Gaitán, Felipe León-Morillas, Alfonso Javier Ibáñez-Vera   +5 more
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A Qualitative Exploration of the Perceptions of Women Living with Pelvic Floor Disorders and Factors Related to Quality of Life. [PDF]

J Clin Med
Background: Pelvic floor dysfunction encompasses conditions like urinary and fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and pelvic pain, significantly affecting women’s quality of life.
Rodríguez-Almagro J, Hernández Martínez A, Martínez-Vázquez S, Peinado Molina RA, Bermejo-Cantarero A, Martínez-Galiano JM.   +5 more
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