The reliability of measurements of pelvic floor muscle strength using a vaginal balloon catheter connected to a pressure transducer was tested in 28 healthy women, mean age 32.3 years (21-50). Fourteen women (group 1) performed three pelvic floor muscle contractions in three series with reinstallat
Pelvic floor muscle strength predicts stress urinary incontinence in primiparous women after vaginal delivery
β Scribed by Baracho, Sabrina Mattos; Barbosa da Silva, Lucas; Baracho, Elza; Lopes da Silva Filho, Agnaldo; Sampaio, Rosana Ferreira; Mello de Figueiredo, Elyonara
- Book ID
- 113020872
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0937-3462
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## Abstract ## Aims To compare the pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function in continent and stress urinary incontinent women using dynamometric measurements. ## Methods Thirty continent women and 59 women suffering from stress urinary incontinence (SUI), aged between 21 and 44 and parous, participate