dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T13:38:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T13:53:56Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T13:38:49Z
dc.date.available2022-10-05T13:53:56Z
dc.date.created2014-05-20T13:38:49Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-01
dc.identifierClinics. São Paulo: Hospital Clinicas, Univ São Paulo, v. 66, n. 8, p. 1389-1393, 2011.
dc.identifier1807-5932
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/13460
dc.identifier10.1590/S1807-59322011000800014
dc.identifierS1807-59322011000800014
dc.identifierWOS:000294822800014
dc.identifierS1807-59322011000800014.pdf
dc.identifier8727897080522289
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3889008
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: This study aimed to compare the pelvic floor muscle strength of nulliparous and primiparous women.METHODS: A total of 100 women were prospectively distributed into two groups: Group 1 (G1) (n = 50) included healthy nulliparous women, and Group 2 (G2) (n = 50) included healthy primiparous women. Pelvic floor muscle strength was subjectively evaluated using transvaginal digital palpation. Pelvic floor muscle strength was objectively assessed using a portable perineometer. All of the parameters were evaluated simultaneously in G1 and were evaluated in G2 during the 20(th) and 36(th) weeks of pregnancy and 45 days after delivery.RESULTS: In G2, 14 women were excluded because they left the study before the follow-up evaluation. The median age was 23 years in G1 and 22 years in G2; there was no significant difference between the groups. The average body mass index was 21.7 kg/m(2) in G1 and 25.0 kg/m(2) in G2; there was a significant difference between the groups (p = 0.0004). In G2, transvaginal digital palpation evaluation showed significant impairments of pelvic floor muscle strength at the 36(th) week of pregnancy (p = 0.0006) and 45 days after vaginal delivery (p = 0.0001) compared to G1. Objective evaluations of pelvic floor muscle strength in G2 revealed a significant decrease 45 days after vaginal delivery compared to nulliparous patients.CONCLUSION: Pregnancy and vaginal delivery may cause weakness of the pelvic floor muscles.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidade de São Paulo (USP), Hospital das Clínicas
dc.relationClinics
dc.relation1.245
dc.relation0,536
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectMusculature Strength
dc.subjectNulliparous
dc.subjectPelvic Floor Muscle
dc.subjectPrimiparous
dc.titleComparison of pelvic floor muscle strength evaluations in nulliparous and primiparous women: a prospective study
dc.typeArtigo


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