INTRODUCTION Pelvic floor dysfunction affects 25% of women within the United States [1]. Pelvic floor dysfunction encompasses a group of disorders that occur because of weakened pelvic muscles and fascia after damage or trauma. Most significantly, a compromised levator ani muscle is thought to be responsible for the onset of these pelvic floor problems. By the year 2050, the number of women wit...

The purpose of this pictorial essay is to describe the main morpho- functional imaging features, physiological and pathological, of the recto-anal region and pelvic floor as depicted with conventional video defecography. Defecography has dramatically improved our knowledge of dysfunctions of evacuation. The most frequent indications and related disorders are presented from a database of more th...

OBJECTIVES The investigation of female pelvic floor biomechanics is attracting attention due to its importance in pelvic floor dysfunction and childbirth. To date, there are no established means of assessing pelvic floor elasticity. We propose the use of translabial ultrasound to estimate strain, one element of pubovisceral muscle elasticity. METHODS Ultrasound datasets of 98 women seen at a ...

[Purpose] To evaluate the electrical activity of the pelvic floor muscle in women during the follicular, ovulatory, and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle and its correlation with estradiol and total testosterone levels. [Subjects and Methods] This cross-sectional study involved 30 women with ovulatory menstrual cycles. Total testosterone and estradiol levels were measured and the muscle tone...

The elderly is an increasingly old age, characterized by changes and decreased ability to function in the body, one of which gastrointestinal function, problem that often encountered defecation control. aim study was see differences stool scales based on bristol scale before after pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) elderly. method this quantitative with a pre-experimental design pre-post group...

Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and pessaries are commonly used in the conservative treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Because there is a lack of evidence regarding the optimal choice between these two interventions, we designed the "Pelvic Organ prolapse in primary care: effects of Pelvic floor muscle training and Pessary treatment Study" (POPPS). POPPS consists of two parallel open...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the evidence of the effect of pelvic floor muscle training on urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. METHODS A bibliographic search was conducted in four databases. Studies were grouped according to the intervention program(muscle training versus control and individual home-based versus physiotherapist-guided muscle training)....