Evaluation of perineal muscle strength in the first trimester of pregnancy
| Autor: | Adriana de Souza Caroci, Maria Luiza Gonzalez Riesco, Bianca Moraes Camargo Rocha, Letícia de Jesus Ventura, Sheyla Guimarães Oliveira |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, Vol 22, Iss 6, Pp 893-901 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1518-8345 0104-1169 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0104-1169.3600.2492 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: to analyze the Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength (PFMS) of pregnant women with one or more vaginal or cesarean deliveries; to compare the PFMS of these with pregnant women with the PFMS of primiparous women.METHODS: cross-sectional study with women up to 12 weeks pregnant, performed in Itapecerica da Serra, São Paulo state, from December 2012 to May 2013. The sample consisted of 110 pregnant women with one or more vaginal deliveries or cesarean sections and 110 primigravidae. The PFMS was evaluated by perineometry (Peritron(tm)) and vaginal digital palpation (modified Oxford scale).RESULTS: the average PFMS in pregnant women with a history of vaginal delivery or cesarean section was 33.4 (SD=21.2) cmH2O. From the Oxford scale, 75.4% of the pregnant women with previous vaginal or cesarean deliveries presented grade ≤ 2, and 5.5% grade ≥ 4; among the primiparae, 39.9% presented grade ≤ 2, and 50.9% grade ≥ 4, with a statistically significant difference (p |
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