None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study is an observational study looking at women who cannot contract their pelvic floor muscles. This study applies to all women who have had a pregnancy and includes those delivered by caesarean section.
Interventions
The women attending our clinics are routinely assessed for plevic floor muscle strength when they are examined vaginally. if they cannot contract their pelvic floor muscles, then they are eligible for enrollment in the study subject to their consent. They will all have had at least one visit with a physiotherapist prior to testing to ensure they have been taught the correct method to contract their muscles. The study consists of a 3/D(dimensional) ultrasound of pelvic floor muscles and an EMG (e
The women attending our clinics are routinely assessed for plevic floor muscle strength when they are examined vaginally. if they cannot contract their pelvic floor muscles, then they are eligible for enrollment in the study subject to their consent. They will all have had at least one visit with a physiotherapist prior to testing to ensure they have been taught the correct method to contract their muscles. The study consists of a 3/D(dimensional) ultrasound of pelvic floor muscles and an EMG (electromyography) of pelvic floor muscles .The women will undergo one ultrasound and one EMG study each over a 2 month period. each takes approximately 20 mins. This take place from when the participant is recruited and is not specific to time after childbirth. Many women present many years after childbirth.
Sponsors
Prof Kate Moore
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
women over 18 who cannot contract their pelvic floor muscles. Thses include all women who have had a pregnancy and a birth by caesarean section is not an exclusion.
Exclusion criteria
previous surgery to the pelvis including prolapse repairs and incontinence surgery as well as hysterectomy.
Outcome results
None listed