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Influence of visual feedback on pelvic floor muscle strength
Fabiana Roberta Nunes1, Elaine Caldeira de Oliveira Guirro, Carla Campos Martins
1Physiotherapy Master's Course, Health Science Faculty, Methodist University of Piracicaba, Brazil.
Objective:
The objective of this study is to evaluate the visual feedback influence on pelvic floor muscle contraction.
Study Design:
Seventeen nulliparous, urinary-continent women participated in this study. Pelvic floor muscle strength with and without the use of visual feedback was measured with a dynamometric speculum in two directions (anteroposterior and left-right). To compare the mean strength values with and without the use of visual feedback, the t test was applied.
Results:
There was no significant difference between the pelvic floor muscle anteroposterior strength values with and without the use of visual feedback (p=0.30), and no significant difference for the left-right strength (p=0.37).
Conclusion:
There was no difference between the pelvic floor muscle strength values with and without the use of visual feedback.
