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Vaginal cones or balls to improve pelvic floor muscle performance and urinary continence in women postpartum: a quantitative systematic review and meta-analysis protocol [PDF]

, 2014
Aim: To identify, critically appraise and synthesise the best current evidence on the use of vaginal cones or balls to improve pelvic floor muscle performance and urinary continence in women post partum.
Christie, J., McCourt, C., Oblasser, C.
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Clinical Value of Pelvic Floor Ultrasound and Glazer Pelvic Floor Electromyography in Predicting Postpartum Stress Urinary Incontinence

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, EarlyView.
Objectives Based on pelvic floor ultrasound and Glazer pelvic floor surface electromyography parameters in postpartum patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), this study aims to establish a model and explore its clinical value in predicting the disease.
Lingyu Yang, Yan Wang, Fen Gu, Yi Ren, Jing Ning   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intra- and inter-rater reliability of ultrasound measurements of the levator ani muscle thickness in and M-mode in asymptomatic individuals: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

PeerJ
Background The levator ani muscle (LAM) plays a crucial role in maintaining pelvic floor function, providing support to pelvic organs and assisting in physiological processes such as micturition and defecation.
Esther Delgado-Pérez, Alberto Bermejo-Franco, Raquel Díaz-Meco, Vanesa Abuín-Porras, Carlos Romero-Morales, Laura González-Fernández, Mónica De-La Cueva-Reguera   +6 more
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Risk Factors Associated With the Number of Symptoms and Distress Caused by Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause in Taiwanese Women

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A high percentage of women who undergo the transition to postmenopause experience both menopausal symptoms and genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM). However, GSM is often underdiagnosed. This research aims to identify risk factors that may influence the number of GSM symptoms and whether they cause distress in Taiwanese women > 45 years ...
Shu‐Fang Su, Chiu‐Lin Wang, Shu‐Yuan Lin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

VP68.09: Pelvic floor muscle strength and urinary incontinence at term [PDF]

, 2020
A. Youssef, Gaetano Di Donna, M. Cofano, L. Brondelli, A. Gatta, G. Pilu   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

Pelvic Floor Muscles Contribution in Surgical Outcome of Children with High-type Anorectal Malformations [PDF]

, 2021
Stylianos Roupakias, Xenophon Sinopidis
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Mechanisms of pelvic floor muscle function and the effect on the urethra during a cough

, 2010
Background: Current measurement tools have difficulty identifying the automaticphysiologic processes maintaining continence, and many questions still remainabout pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function during automatic events.Objective: To perform a ...
Constantinou, Christos E., Humphrey, Victor F., Lovegrove Jones, Ruth C., Payne, Christopher, Peng, Qiyu, Stokes, Maria   +5 more
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Nuclear medicine procedures and the evaluation of male sexual organs: a short review [PDF]

, 2008
Sexuality consists of three aspects that are interrelated and inseparable, biological, physiological and social. The biological aspect considers the individual's capability to give and to receive pleasure.
Adenilson de Souza da Fonseca, Bernardo-Filho M., Beutel M. E., Bouchelouche K., Chaffanjon P. C., Choe W., Dennerstein L., Fanti S., Ganjoo K. N., Gerber G., Halac M., Hatzimouratidis H., Jana S., Kevin Carter, Kim C. K., Kolodny R. C., Kotzerke J., Kotzerke J., Kumar V., Lange P. H., Mario Bernardo-Filho, Masters W. H., Orhan I., Perkins A., Perkins A., Ravizzini G., Roivainen A., Ryu J., Saha G., Sebastião David Santos-Filho, Shen Y. Y., Sotiris Missailidis, Stelzner F., Sumich A. L., Timmermans L., Tóth G., Valdés Olmos R. A., Warren G. P., Willan B. D., Zuckier L. S.   +39 more
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Strong‐Gradient Diffusion‐Weighted Imaging of Prostate Cancer Using an Inside‐Out Nonlinear Gradient Coil

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To demonstrate improved image quality and lesion conspicuity in prostate diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) using an inside‐out nonlinear gradient coil that provides locally strong gradients (200–500 500 mT/m) at typical prostate positions.
Horace Z. Zhang, Nahla M. H. Elsaid, Terence W. Nixon, Andrew Dewdney, Dana C. Peters, Jeffrey C. Weinreb, Preston C. Sprenkle, R. Todd Constable, Gigi Galiana   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meta-analysis of the therapeutic effect of electrical stimulation combined with pelvic floor muscle exercise on female pelvic floor dysfunction

European Journal of Medical Research
Objectives To systematically evaluate the therapeutic effect of electrical stimulation combined with pelvic floor muscle exercise on female pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD). Methods Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)
Yaqin Huang, Zhoulu Huang, Yi Ou, Lin Yin, Yuxiao Sun, Huiyan Zong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source