caa a22 4500 475811526 CHVBK 20180406123800.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s001920070028 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s001920070028 Pelvic Muscle Exercise Effect on Pelvic Muscle Performance in Women [Elektronische Daten] [A. R. Boyington, M. C. Dougherty] Abstract:: The aim of this study was to compare pelvic muscle (PM) characteristics (strength, endurance and contractability) before and after 12 weeks of pelvic muscle exercises in two groups of older women: the first composed of women with genuine stress incontinence, and the second made up of women with no symptoms of urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse. This research also investigated the extent to which PM pressure and health-related characteristics could help discriminate between women with and without a clinical sign of PM dysfunction. Within a framework of skeletal muscle fitness, outcome measures were defined and compared. There was no significant difference in the baseline (P= 0.09) and post-PME (P= 0.63) strength, endurance and contractability of the two groups of women. The two groups did differ significantly on change scores (P= 0.05) following PME. A greater improvement in strength for women without a clinical sign of dysfunction was demonstrated. There was a probability of 91% that those with a history of gynecological surgery belonged to the group of women with SUI. Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2000 Key words:Pelvic muscle - Pelvic muscle exercise - Urinary incontinence nationallicence Boyington A. R. School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, US aut Dougherty M. C. School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, US aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s001920070028 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s001920070028 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Boyington A. R. School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, US aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dougherty M. C. School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, US aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer