Is total muscle strength related to pelvic floor muscle strength in young women?
| Autor: | Thaís Passos de Oliveira, Maria Teresa Pace do Amaral, Tânia Terezinha Scudeller, Wesley de Oliveira Vieira, Victor Zuniga Dourado, Miriam Raquel Diniz Zanetti |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | ABCS Health Sciences (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2318-4965 2357-8114 |
| DOI: | 10.7322/abcshs.2023037.2290 |
| Popis: | Introduction: The intravaginal examination is an important part of the pelvic floor muscle (PFM) functional assessment. However, women sometimes refuse to submit to this procedure due to being embarrassed. This justifies the investigation of other alternatives of evaluation that could contribute to the treatment of pelvic floor disorders. Handgrip strength (HGS) provides an approximation of overall muscle strength, strongly associated with functionality, and this could be indirectly linked to the pelvic floor musculature. Objective: To verify whether there is a correlation between PFM strength and HGS. Methods: This is an observational study that evaluated 51 young women who filled out a clinical evaluation form and were submitted to pelvic floor evaluation, using the Modified Oxford Scale, Peritron® perineometer, and HGS (Saehan® dynamometer). For the perineometer and handgrip strength test, three repetitions of the maximum contraction were performed, considering the average of the attempts for analysis. Student’s t-test and Pearson’s coefficient were used to determine the correlation between variables, considering significance |
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