Pelvic floor contraction strength assessment by digital examination was in good agreement with perineometry

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-39
Author(s):  
Scott A. Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Pelvic Floor ◽  
Digital Examination ◽  
Strength Assessment ◽  
Pelvic Floor Contraction ◽  
Good Agreement

scholarly journals Strength of pelvic floor in men: reliability intra examiners

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Zaidan ◽  
Fabio Dutra Pereira ◽  
Elirez Bezerra da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Pelvic Floor ◽  
Physical Therapist ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Urinary Continence ◽  
Abdominal Pressure ◽  
Strength Assessment ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
The Moment

Abstract Introduction: The obtaining of urinary continence is due to the strength of the pelvic floor muscles (MAPs) at the moment of muscle contraction, when there are sudden increases in intra-abdominal pressure, which increases urethral closure pressure and decreases the possibility of urinary loss. Objective: To verify the reliability, type: stability, intra-examiner, of the measure of the strength of MAPs held with Peritron. Methods: Test and retest study to assess the intra-rater reliability of Peritron to measure the strength of MAPs. The sample consisted of 36 male patients, mean age 65.3 ± 7.2 years, all with urinary incontinence (UI) after radical prostatectomy. The physical therapist conducted a training for familiarization with the procedures of MAPs strength assessment with Peritron for two weeks. The strength of MAPs was measured by a perineometer of the Peritron brand (PFX 9300®, Cardio-Design Pty. Ltd, Baulkham Hills, Australia, 2153). Results: The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was equal to 0.99; P = 0.0001. The typical measurement error (ETM) was equal to 3.1 cmH2O and ETM% of 4. Conclusion: Peritron showed high reliability for measuring the strength of MAPs in men, both for clinical practice and for the production of scientific knowledge. It should be noted that such measures were carried out in stability, so it is suggested that in internal consistency reliability is equivalent.

Reliability of pelvic floor muscle strength assessment using different test positions and tools

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena C. Frawley ◽  
Mary P. Galea ◽  
Bev A. Phillips ◽  
Margaret Sherburn ◽  
Kari Bø
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Strength ◽  
Pelvic Floor ◽  
Pelvic Floor Muscle ◽  
Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength ◽  
Strength Assessment ◽  
Muscle Strength Assessment

Neurophysiological aspects of therapeutic sacral nerve root stimulation

1996 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-440
Author(s):  
D.B. Vodušek
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Pelvic Floor ◽  
Lower Urinary Tract ◽  
Neural Control ◽  
Pelvic Floor Muscle ◽  
Control Flow ◽  
Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction ◽  
Lower Urinary Tract Function ◽  
Pelvic Floor Contraction ◽  
Lower Urinary

Neural control of lower urinary tract function can in principle sustain two basic activities - urine storage and emptying. It can be conceptualised to consist of control elements for determining: the thresholds for detrusor and sphincter activation; the gain adjustments for their function; the filter and switch mechanisms to control flow of information. Lower urinary tract dysfunction can be due to a dysfunctioning neural control even if there is no overt neurological disease. Electrical stimulation can be applied not only to substitute for lost neural control, but also for achieving a clinically relevant improvement of the dysfunctional lower urinary tract. Depolarisation of motor and sensory fibres in sacral roots leads to pelvic floor contraction and inhibition of the (active) detrusor, and it is considered that longer periods of such stimulation lead to pelvic floor muscle hypertrophy, changes in motor unit metabolism and other changes. It is postulated that there are perhaps even more important effects on the central nervous system which can be conceptualised as modifications of the dysfunctional neural control (i.e. “neuromodulation”).

OC266: Incidence and prevalence of levator abnormalities in women with an underactive pelvic floor contraction and pelvic floor symptoms

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Steensma ◽  
M. Konstantinovic ◽  
E. Domali ◽  
D. Timmerman ◽  
J. Deprest
Keyword(s):  
Pelvic Floor ◽  
Pelvic Floor Symptoms ◽  
Pelvic Floor Contraction

Su1605 - Brain Functional MRI Reveals Alterations in Brain Activity During Pelvic Floor Contraction in Patients with Functional Defecatory Disorders

2018 ◽  
Vol 154 (6) ◽  
pp. S-543-S-544
Author(s):  
Leila Neshatian ◽  
Christof Karmonik ◽  
Rashmi Pande ◽  
Saba Elias ◽  
Rose Khavari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pelvic Floor ◽  
Functional Mri ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Pelvic Floor Contraction

scholarly journals Reliability of pelvic floor muscle strength assessment in healthy continent women

BMC Urology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dulcegleika VB Sartori ◽  
Monica O Gameiro ◽  
Hamilto A Yamamoto ◽  
Paulo R Kawano ◽  
Rodrigo Guerra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Strength ◽  
Pelvic Floor ◽  
Pelvic Floor Muscle ◽  
Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength ◽  
Strength Assessment ◽  
Muscle Strength Assessment
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