Pelvic floor disorders, their management and protective educational programs have become popular in recent years. The aim of this study is to determine the level knowledge about pelvic health according gender education levels. This cross sectional conducted on women men between January September 2021 Turkey. was assessed with Floor Health Knowledge Quiz (PFHKQ). Oneway ANOVA test used for compa...

In this second part of a review of pelvic floor ultrasound imaging, current three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound technology and its use for imaging pelvic floor structure and function is described. Recent technical developments enable rapid automated volume acquisition in real time, and currently available transducers designed for abdominal use are well suited for translabial/transperineal imaging...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of stress urinary incontinence treatments adding pelvic floor muscle training to vaginal electrical stimulation. METHODS Forty-eight women with stress urinary incontinence were randomized into 2 groups: 24 underwent isolated vaginal electrical stimulation, and 24 vaginal electrical stimulation plus pelvic floor muscle training. History, physical examination...

I. The Aim of Structural Anatomy.?This necessitates, in the first place, a definition of what we mean by the term " Pelvic Floor." As the structural anatomy has its special bearing on the functions of the pelvic floor, it is to be defined so as to satisfy clinical and not dissectional requirements. The abdominal cavity has its inner aspect defined by peritoneum, and therefore I would define the...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The mechanism by which clinical improvement occurs through pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) for genuine stress incontinence, detrusor instability, or mixed incontinence is not established. Videourodynamic assessment of the anatomical changes of the pelvic floor muscles has not been reported. This study investigated the anatomical change of bladder base descent as well ...

INTRODUCTION Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs), including pelvic organ prolapse (POP), stress and urgency urinary incontinence, and faecal incontinence, are common and arise from loss of pelvic support. Although severe disease often does not occur until women become older, pregnancy and childbirth are major risk factors for PFDs, especially POP. We understand little about modifiable factors that im...

The Vaginal Tactile Imager (VTI) records pressure patterns from vaginal walls under an applied tissue deformation and during pelvic floor muscle contractions. The objective of this study is to validate tactile imaging and muscle contraction parameters (markers) sensitive to the female pelvic floor conditions. Twenty-two women with normal and prolapse conditions were examined by a vaginal tactil...

Fecal incontinence (FI) is a prevalent problem that can drastically affect quality of life. Pelvic floor rehabilitation is an important first-line treatment for patients with FI, and many published case reports and a small number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) provide limited evidence for its efficacy. Pelvic floor rehabilitation approaches to the treatment of FI include pelvic floor mu...

INTRODUCTION A minority of women with a subjective complaint of stress urinary incontinence will have negative urodynamic stress incontinence (USI) findings. AIM To test clinical and ultrasound measures as predictors of an unexpected absence of USI. We hypothesised that unexpectedly negative USI would be more common in young women with good pelvic floor and urethral function. METHODS A retr...

OBJECTIVE For patients with the most common types of urinary incontinence, first line therapy consists of behavioral treatments, such as bladder training and pelvic floor muscle exercises (PME). The patient learns to strengthen the pelvic floor musculature and to better control bladder emptying. Biofeedback itself is not a treatment for urinary incontinence, but can be used as an adjunct to pel...