Diagnostic value of pelvic floor surface electromyography in functional anorectal pain

Electromyography of Pelvic Floor Muscles in Rats

Yolanda Cruz Gómez1, Hai-Hong Jiang2,3, Paul Zaszczurynski4, Raúl Juárez5, César Pastelin6 and Margot S. Damaser2,3,4 1Centro Tlaxcala de Biología de la Conducta, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Tlax. 2Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 3Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 4Advanced Platform Technology Rehabilitati...

Anorectal and Pelvic Pain.

Although pelvic pain is a symptom of several structural anorectal and pelvic disorders (eg, anal fissure, endometriosis, and pelvic inflammatory disease), this comprehensive review will focus on the 3 most common nonstructural, or functional, disorders associated with pelvic pain: functional anorectal pain (ie, levator ani syndrome, unspecified anorectal pain, and proctalgia fugax), interstitia...

Continence coach: pelvic floor pain syndrome in chronic pelvic pain.

Dr. Muller is the Executive Director, National Association For Continence (NAFC). The NAFC is a national, private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with incontinence. The NAFC’s purpose is to be the leading source for public education and advocacy about the causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatments, and management alternatives for incontinence. This ar...

Electromyography Usefulness in Diagnosis of Functional Status of Pelvic Floor Muscles in Women with Urinary Incontinence

The Glazer Protocol: Evidence-Based Medicine Pelvic Floor Muscle (PFM) Surface Electromyography (SEMG)

The Glazer Protocol: Evidence-Based Medicine Pelvic Floor Muscle (PFM) Surface Electromyography (SEMG) Howard I. Glazer, PhD, BCB-PMD and Claudia R. Hacad, PT, BCB-PMD Weill College of Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY; Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, and Urinary Continence Center of Lithocenter, Nossa Senhora...