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A nurse-led long-term pelvic floor muscle training program in the management of female patients with overactive bladder – A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2015
Background: Previous research has suggested that pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) offers a therapeutic benefit in patients with overactive bladder.
Tu-Zhen Xu, Qiu-Hua Sun, Xiao Huang, Bo-Dong Lyu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Core stability in women with and without chronic pelvic pain

PM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Physical activity (PA) and core stability levels are unknown for women with musculoskeletal chronic pelvic pain (CPP) compared to healthy women. At this time, there is no validated treatment method aimed specifically at CPP. Objective To elucidate the PA habits and core stability of women with and without CPP.
Hannah V. Chatwin, Abhilasha Kumar, Michael Wesolowski, Laura Glaser, Colleen M. Fitzgerald, Stacey Bennis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magnetic resonance imaging of pelvic floor dysfunction - joint recommendations of the ESUR and ESGAR Pelvic Floor Working Group

, 2017
Objective: To develop recommendations that can be used as guidance for standardized approach regarding indications, patient preparation, sequences acquisition, interpretation and reporting of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosis and grading of ...
El Sayed RF, Manganaro L., Weishaupt D, MASSELLI, GABRIELE, ESGAR Pelvic Floor Working Group, Alt CD, ESUR, Meissnitzer M, MACCIONI, Francesca, VINCI , VALERIA   +9 more
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Efficacy of pelvic floor muscle training and hypopressive exercises for treating pelvic organ prolapse in women: randomized controlled trial

São Paulo Medical Journal
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have shown that women with pelvic floor dysfunctions present decreased cross-sectional area (CSA) of the levator ani muscle.
Bruno Teixeira Bernardes, Ana Paula Magalhães Resende, Liliana Stüpp, Emerson Oliveira, Rodrigo Aquino Castro, Zsuzsanna Ilona Katalin Jármy di Bella, Manoel João Batista Castello Girão, Marair Gracio Ferreira Sartori   +7 more
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A Randomized Control Trial Comparing Common Errors Made by Women During Three Different Methods of Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Training: By Verbal Education vs. Vaginal PalpationTraining vs. Perineometer Training

Medicina
Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of pelvic floor muscle contraction training (PFMCT) using verbal education, digital vaginal palpation (DVP), or perineometer on the common errors made during pelvic floor muscle ...
Duygu Sultan Öge, Fatma Kılıç Hamzaoğlu, Hanife Doğan, Türkan Akbayrak   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inter‐rater agreement of the canine modified Ashworth scale for assessment of limb tone in dogs presenting with acute myelopathic signs

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background This study aimed to assess the inter‐rater reliability of a canine adaptation of the modified Ashworth scale (CaMAS) for the assessment of muscle tone in dogs. Methods Dogs presented to the neurology service of a single referral centre between November 2023 and October 2024 underwent a muscle tone evaluation by two independent ...
Albert Aguilera‐Padros, Joao M. De Frias, Megan Madden, Ana Oliveira, Callum Atkins, Ivona Orgonikova, Aran Nagendran   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of mobile fitness app to improve pelvic floor muscle training in puerperal women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A randomized controlled trial

Health Informatics Journal
Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the risk factors for postpartum urinary incontinence. Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) improves pelvic floor dysfunction in puerperal women, but patient compliance is low.
Xiaocheng He, Yaping Xie, Baoyuan Xie, Meijing Zhao, Honghui Zhang, Xiaoshan Zhao, Huifen Zhao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Systematic review: Pelvic floor muscle training for functional bowel symptoms in inflammatory bowel disease

JGH Open, 2019
Background and Aim Large bowel functional symptoms are common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who are in disease remission. The efficacy of pelvic floor muscle training for symptoms of evacuation difficulty or fecal incontinence is well
Angela J Khera, Janet W Chase, Michael Salzberg, Alexander J V Thompson, Michael A Kamm   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flap Anatomies and Victorian Veils: Penetrating the Female Reproductive Interior

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the reappearance in the early nineteenth century of anatomical flapbooks in the context of obstetrical education in Britain, America and France. It asks why liftable paper flaps were reintroduced at this time after their disappearance from medical atlases in the eighteenth century.
Margaret Carlyle, Marcia D. Nichols
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Effects of Clinical Pilates Training and Aerobic Exercise on Menopausal Symptoms, Quality of Life, Sleep and Depression: A Randomised Controlled Trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the effects of Clinical Pilates (CP) training and aerobic exercise (AE) on menopausal symptoms, depressive symptoms, quality of life (QoL), and sleep quality in postmenopausal women. Design Parallel‐group randomised controlled trial. Setting A Healthy Life Center in Bitlis, Turkey.
Başak Can, Serkan Usgu, Günseli Usgu
wiley   +1 more source