Cardiovascular responses to pelvic floor muscle contraction in healthy women: Prospective study
| Autor: | Audrey Borghi-Silva, Soraia Pilon Jürgensen, Natália M. Perseguini, Grasiéla Nascimento Correia, Vanessa S. Pereira-Baldon, Aparecida Maria Catai, Patricia Driusso, Alana Maria Ferreira Guimarães Bastos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Contraction (grammar) Urinary incontinence Blood Pressure Isometric exercise Pelvic Floor Muscle Pelvic Floor Disorders 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Heart Rate Internal medicine Heart rate medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Pelvic floor business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology Pelvic Floor medicine.anatomical_structure Blood pressure Urinary Incontinence Reproductive Medicine Cardiology Female medicine.symptom business Muscle Contraction |
| Zdroj: | European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology. 252 |
| ISSN: | 1872-7654 |
| Popis: | Objective Analyze the acute heart rate and blood pressure responses to two protocols of pelvic floor muscles contractions in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Methods Fifty-four women without pelvic floor muscles disorders were eligible and allocated into two groups: premenopausal and postmenopausal. The groups underwent two protocols and the pelvic floor muscle endurance, heart rate, and blood pressure values were monitored. Both protocols included 10 pelvic floor muscles contractions; one series contained contractions lasting 5 s with 5 s of rest between each contraction and the other series contained contractions lasting 10 s with 10 s of rest. Results In both groups, there was a significant increase in the heart rate during pelvic floor muscles contractions (premenopausal: 71.0 ± 7.3 and 80.3 ± 7.7; postmenopausal: 65.4 ± 6.6 and 73.6 ± 6.6, at rest and contractions peak, respectively) and in systolic blood pressure immediately after the contractions. The observed values during exercise returned to basal values seconds after the contractions. A positive correlation between heart rate and vaginal squeeze pressure (r = 0.45, p = 0.0007 and r = 0.48, p = 0.0003, 5- and 10-s series, respectively) was observed. Conclusion The proposed protocol of isometric pelvic floor muscles contractions caused an increase in heart rate and blood pressure within the normal range and might not represent a cardiovascular risk for healthy postmenopausal women without urinary incontinence and without cardiovascular dysfunctions. |
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