Assessment of the strength of the pelvic floor musculature in women who practice Mat Pilates.

Introduction: The Pilates Method is a program of physical and mental training that works the body as a whole, aiming to gain muscle strength, mainly at the central region formed by the abdominal muscles, spine and pelvic floor, and to promote stretching and flexibility. Objective: To investigate the effects of this technique in the pelvic floor muscle activity, noting the type of fiber was more work during the practice of this activities in soil (Mat Pilates). Method: It was a character study of interventional, observational, descriptive, conducted during the months from March to May 2011, in which six women aged between 35 and 65 years, who underwent Mat Pilates classes twice a week, was rated the strength of pelvic floor, by Perina®perineometer pressure before and after the eight classes. Results: It was observed that all the volunteers had gained in strength in both types of muscle fibers, and 84% (p < 0.05) had greater gain in type 2 fibers. Conclusion: The Mat Pilates to increase the influence of the pelvic floor muscle strength it and can be used to prevent dysfunctions dysfunction of these muscles.

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Evaluation of pelvic floor muscle strength before and after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy and early outcomes on urinary continence

Journal of Robotic Surgery ◽

10.1007/s11701-016-0602-z ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 331-335 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Lauren Manley ◽

Luke Gibson ◽

Nathan Papa ◽

Bhawanie Koonj Beharry ◽

Liana Johnson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Radical Prostatectomy ◽

Muscle Strength ◽

Pelvic Floor ◽

Pelvic Floor Muscle ◽

Urinary Continence ◽

Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength ◽

Robotic Assisted ◽

Before And After ◽

Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy

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PERBEDAAN LEVEL RERATA KEKUATAN OTOT DASAR PANGGUL SEBELUM DAN SETELAH PERSALINAN SPONTAN PADA KELOMPOK INKONTINENSIA URIN DAN KELOMPOK NORMAL

JOURNAL OBGIN EMAS ◽

10.25077/aoj.1.1.7-14.2017 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 7-14

Author(s):

Bobby Indra Utama ◽

Hasni Kemala Sari ◽

Hafni Bachtiar

Keyword(s):

Urinary Incontinence ◽

Stress Urinary Incontinence ◽

Muscle Strength ◽

Pelvic Floor ◽

Pelvic Floor Muscle ◽

Pelvic Floor Muscles ◽

Mean Difference ◽

Normal Group ◽

Before And After ◽

The Mean

Trauma to the pelvic floor during delivery is now recognized as a major etiological factor against PFM disorders such as urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and fecal incontinence. This study was conducted to analyze the differences in mean levels of differences of pelvic muscle strength before and after spontanous labor between stress urinary inconti-nence group and normal group. This research was done using analytic method with cross sectional design in 13 women with stress urinary incontinence, and 17 women with normal group. Subjects were collected in hospitals of Pariaman, Padang from May to December 2014. Examination of the pelvic floor muscle strength was performed with a perineometer. Differences between the mean difference in the strength of the pelvic floor muscles before and after spontaneous delivery between the two groups were analyzed using independent t test. The mean difference between the strength of the pelvic floor muscles before and after spontaneous labor in stress urinary incontinence group was larger than normal group (3.85 + 1.281 cmH2O vs 2,00 + 1.173 cmH2O, p = 0.000). The mean difference between the strength of the pelvic floor muscles before and after spontaneous labor in stress urinary incontinence group was significantly greater than the normal group.Keywords: Pelvic Floor Muscle, Urinary Incontinence, Spontaneous Labor

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Pelvic floor muscle training with and without biofeedback in treatment of overactive bladder

International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20193509 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 2997

Author(s):

Preethi Badda ◽

Achla Batra ◽

Sheeba Marwah ◽

Rupali Dewan

Keyword(s):

Muscle Strength ◽

Overactive Bladder ◽

Pelvic Floor ◽

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training ◽

Pelvic Floor Muscle ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Muscle Training ◽

Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength ◽

Before And After

Background: Overactive bladder (OAB) is a commonly encountered problem in gynaecological practice. It has profound effect on quality of life (QOL), affecting simple daily activities as well. Prevalence rates of OAB in Asians are 53.1%. The first line management of OAB is behaviour modification and pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT). Objective of this study was to comparative assessment of biofeedback assisted PFMT (BAPFMT) versus PFMT alone in treatment of OAB using strength of pelvic floor muscle and QOL before and after treatment.Methods: A prospective comparative randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the effect of PFMT versus BAPFMT on OAB symptoms over period of 12 weeks. Total of 100 patients fulfilling inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected. Randomization of patients was done into two groups of 50 patients each; half of them were subjected to PFMT and other half to BAPFMT. Appropriate statistical test were applied.Results: At the end of 12 weeks of intervention, there was a significant improvement in pelvic floor muscle strength and QOL in both groups (p<0.001). The improvement in pelvic floor muscle strength was more with BAPFMT; however there was no difference in improvement of QOL between the groups.Conclusions: Addition of biofeedback to PFMT may be a useful adjunct in OAB patients.

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