Reliability of pelvic floor muscle strength assessment in healthy continent women

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorSartori, Dulcegleika Villas Boas
dc.creatorGameiro, Monica Orsi
dc.creatorYamamoto, Hamilto Akihissa
dc.creatorKawano, Paulo Roberto
dc.creatorGuerra, Rodrigo
dc.creatorPadovani, Carlos Roberto
dc.creatorAmaro, João Luiz
dc.date2015-10-21T13:09:38Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:59:32Z
dc.date2015-10-21T13:09:38Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:59:32Z
dc.date2015-04-10
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T08:58:03Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T08:58:03Z
dc.identifierBmc Urology. London: Biomed Central Ltd, v. 15, p. 1-6, 2015.
dc.identifier1471-2490
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/128408
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/128408
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12894-015-0017-6
dc.identifierWOS:000352833400001
dc.identifierWOS000352833400001.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2490/15/29
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/938964
dc.descriptionBackground: The aim of this study was to compare pelvic floor muscle (PFM) strength using transvaginal digital palpation in healthy continent women in different age groups, and to compare the inter- and intra-rater reliability of examiners performing anterior and posterior vaginal assessments.Methods: We prospectively studied 150 healthy multiparous women. They were distributed into four different groups, according to age range: G1 (n = 37), 30-40 years-old; G2 (n = 39), 41-50 years-old; G3 (n = 39), 51-60 years-old; and G4 (n = 35), older than 60 years-old. PFM strength was evaluated using transvaginal digital palpation in the anterior and posterior areas, by 3 different examiners, and graded using a 5-point Amaro's scale.Results: There was no statistical difference among the different age ranges, for each grade of PFM strength. There was good intra-rater concordance between anterior and posterior PFM assessment, being 64.7%, 63.3%, and 66.7% for examiners A, B, and C, respectively. The intra-rater concordance level was good for each examiner. However, the inter-rater reliability for two examiners varied from moderate to good.Conclusions: Age has no effect on PFM strength profiles, in multiparous continent women. There is good concordance between anterior and posterior vaginal PFM strength assessments, but only moderate to good inter-rater reliability of the measurements between two examiners.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBiomed Central Ltd
dc.relationBmc Urology
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectGynecological examination
dc.subjectParity
dc.subjectPelvic floor
dc.subjectUrinary Incontinence
dc.subjectReproducibility of results
dc.titleReliability of pelvic floor muscle strength assessment in healthy continent women
dc.typeOtro


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