BACKGROUND The relationship between activation of the stabilizing muscles of the lumbopelvic region during the Active Straight Leg Raise test and pelvic girdle pain remains unknown. Therefore, the aim was to examine automatic contractions in relation to pre-activation in the muscles of the pelvic floor and the lower lateral abdominal wall during leg lifts, performed as the Active Straight Leg R...

4 Wei Wang* , Qing Mei Huang*, Feng Ping Liu, Qi Qi Mao 5 6 Nursing Education Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 7 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, People’s Republic of China 8 Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 9 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, People’s Republic of ...

This review summarises the anatomy and lymphatic systems around pelvic floor. We investigated lymphovascular network in anorectal region, focusing on hiatal ligament, which comprises smooth muscle fibres derived from longitudinal connecting anal canal coccyx, endopelvic fascia, seems to comprise collagen elastic fibres. During rectal surgery, fascia is recognized as a sheet of covering levator ...

Pelvic organ prolapse is a highly prevalent condition in the female population, which impairs the health-related quality of life of affected individuals. Despite the lack of robust evidence, selective modification of obstetric events or other risk factors could play a central role in the prevention of prolapse. While the value of pelvic floor muscle training as a preventive treatment remains un...

Introduction and Aim: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global health problem with increasing prevalence linked to the alterations in lifestyle, growing obesity rates ageing. Women insulin resistance (IR)/high levels have worse electromyographic activity PFMs than women without IR/high which prove effect of on PFMs. This study aimed at assessing strengthening pelvic floor muscles diabetes urinary inc...

[Purpose] The aim of the present study was to assess the influence of parity, type of delivery, and physical activity level on pelvic floor muscles in postmenopausal women. [Subjects and Methods] This was an observational analytic cross-sectional study with a sample of 100 postmenopausal women, aged between 45 and 65 years, divided into three groups according to menopausal stage: hysterectomize...