caa a22 4500 477045626 CHVBK 20180405111329.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01907074 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01907074 Postpartum pelvic floor conditioning using vaginal cones: Not only for prophylaxis against urinary incontinence and descensus [Elektronische Daten] [W. Fischer, K. Baessler] Seventy-one women were examined 6-8 weeks after spontaneous delivery by pelvic floor (PF) palpation, inspection, manometry and gravimetry. Re-examination was performed in the same way after 4-6 weeks of daily cone training. Control groups included 20 women prior to and after conventional puerperal exercises, and 8 nulliparae prior to and after the same cone training, using a five-cone set. The number of puerperae not capable of voluntary PF contraction declined from 34% before to 6% after training. Optimum initial and post-training responses were exhibited by all nulliparae. Differences between cone and conventional exercise groups were of minor importance. Contractility increased from 5 to 10 mmHg on average in puerperae and from 15 mmHg to 21 mmHg in nulliparae. Cone nos. 1-3 were most frequently required at the beginning of training, and nos. 3-5 towards the end. Cone training works well as an alternative or complement to conventional postpartum exercises, and may therefore be recommended especially to puerperae who are not capable of holding vaginal cones of 20-70 g 6 weeks after delivery. The International Urogynecology Journal, 1996 Conditioning nationallicence Pelvic floor nationallicence Puerperium nationallicence Vaginal cones nationallicence Fischer W. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Charité, Charité Frauenklinik, Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10098, Berlin, Germany aut Baessler K. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Charité, Charité Frauenklinik, Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10098, Berlin, Germany aut International Urogynecology Journal Springer-Verlag 7/4(1996-07-01), 208-214 0937-3462 7:4<208 1996 7 192 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01907074 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01907074 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fischer W. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Charité, Charité Frauenklinik, Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10098, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Baessler K. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Charité, Charité Frauenklinik, Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10098, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Urogynecology Journal Springer-Verlag 7/4(1996-07-01), 208-214 0937-3462 7:4<208 1996 7 192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer