Results 31 to 40 of about 53,466 (337)

Abnormal expression of p27kip1 protein in levator ani muscle of aging women with pelvic floor disorders – a relationship to the cellular differentiation and degeneration [PDF]

, 2001
BACKGROUND: Pelvic floor disorders affect almost 50% of aging women. An important role in the pelvic floor support belongs to the levator ani muscle. The p27/kip1 (p27) protein, multifunctional cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, shows changing expression
A Bukovsky, A Bukovsky, A Bukovsky, A Bukovsky, A Bukovsky, A Shafik, A Shafik, Antonin Bukovsky, BM-Praeger Stanulis, Bridgett Asbury, CY Chu, D Failes, F Beersiek, H Toyoshima, I Overlie, IT Bernstein, J Yeargin, Jeffrey B Brown, JO DeLancey, JO DeLancey, JQ Tian, JT Benson, K Kenton, K Polyak, L Guth, LT Bjornsdottir, LT Brubaker, M Jozwik, M Loden, M Sandri, MA Habiba, Maria Cekanova, Michael R Caudle, N Santoro, P Copas, P Kjolhede, PA Norton, PJ Blakeman, Pleas Copas, PP McKenzie, Robert F Elder, RV Lloyd, S Fujieda, SA Gilpin, SD Zabludoff, Stephanie B Cross, Stuart E Van Meter, Tamara Dassanayake, Y Katayose   +48 more
core   +4 more sources

Effect of hip adduction/abduction contraction on pelvic floor in young healthy women

Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2022
Pelvic floor muscle training has been reported to be effective in preventing and improving urinary incontinence. Patients must learn to perform pelvic floor muscle contractions without pushing down the pelvic floor by contracting other muscle groups ...
Hiroyo Kamio, Hitoshi Maruyama, Nozomi Ito, Mako Kunieda, Ayaka Chiba, Yorimitsu Furukawa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vibrating vaginal balls to improve pelvic floor muscle performance in women after childbirth: Preliminary results (recruitment and survey) of a randomised controlled feasibility trial [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Vibrating vaginal pelvic floor training balls are available in Austria and Germany to enhance women’s pelvic floor muscles and thus prevent urinary incontinence and other pelvic floor problems following childbirth.
Hanzal, E., McCourt, C., Oblasser, C.
core   +1 more source

Mechanisms of pelvic floor muscle training for managing urinary incontinence in women: a scoping review

BMC Women's Health, 2022
Background Pelvic floor muscle training is recommended as first line treatment for urinary incontinence in women based on three proposed theorized mechanisms: ‘Enhanced Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength,’ ‘Maximized Awareness of Timing,’ and ‘Strengthened ...
Ying Sheng, Janet S. Carpenter, James A. Ashton-Miller, Janis M. Miller   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pelvic floor muscles after birth : do unstable shoes have an effect on pelvic floor activity and can this be measured reliably? – a feasibility study [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Women often suffer from urinary incontinence after childbirth. Pelvic floor muscle training is an evidenced-based intervention to prevent urinary incontinence and improve its symptoms Aim: The primary purpose of this study was to determine ...
Borner, Barbara, Graf, Eveline, Pehlke-Milde, Jessica   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Group-based pelvic floor muscle training for pregnant women: A randomized controlled feasibility study. [PDF]

J Adv Nurs
Aim: This study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of a group-based pelvic floor muscle training for pregnant women in China and facilitate women's adherence to the pelvic floor muscle training programme. Background: Urinary incontinence is a
Yang X, Sayer L, Bassett S, Woodward S.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Physiotherapy for persistent postnatal stress urinary incontinence : a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2004
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of multimodal supervised physiotherapy programs with the absence of treatment among women with persistent postnatal stress urinary incontinence.
Bourbonnais, Daniel, Bravo, Gina, Dumoulin, Chantale, Gravel, Denis, Lemieux, Marie-Claude, Morin, Mélanie   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The influence of various risk factors on the strength of pelvic floor muscle in women [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2017
Background/Aim. Damage of any element of pelvic floor leads to its functional damages, reflected in the occurrence of urinary incontinence, prolapse of pelvic organs, fecal incontinence and sexual dysfunction.
Parezanović-Ilić Katarina, Mladenović-Segedi Ljiljana, Jurišić-Škevin Aleksandra, Živanović-Mačužić Ivana, Grbović Vesna, Nurković Jasmin, Jovanović Milan, Jeremić Dejan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fibromatosis involving pelvic floor muscles

BJR|case reports, 2016
Fibromatosis or desmoid tumour is a benign fibroblastic proliferation with aggressive infiltrative growth. High incidence of recurrence is noted after incomplete resection of the involved margins of the lesion. Pelvic fibromatosis is a rare condition and usually affects females.
Nelesh Jeyadevan, Aleksandra Stankiewicz
openaire   +3 more sources

Learning with the Amerindians: the evaluation of pelvic floor disorders among indigenous women who live in the Xingu Indian Park,Brazil [PDF]

, 2008
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,
Claudia Cristina Takano, Maita M. Araujo, Manoel Joã, Marair Gracio Ferreira Sartori   +3 more
core   +2 more sources