Pelvic Floor, Respiration
Conditions
Keywords
Pelvic floor, Rehabilitation, Respiration, Urinary incontinence
Brief summary
The pelvic floor and diaphragm work together in many different functions. Two important functions are breathing and continence. The pelvic floor muscles have to lift and squeeze to maintain continence. Breathing, specifically breathing out, makes the pelvic floor lift. The investigators don't know how much the pelvic floor lifts and squeezes during different types of breathing out. The purpose of this study is to measure pelvic floor lift and squeeze during different types of breathing out.
Detailed description
The pelvic floor (PF) activates automatically, both squeezing and lifting, during times of increased intra-abdominal pressure for postural stability and continence. Expiration additionally produces automatic activation of the PF. No study to date has investigated the effects of forced expiration on PF displacement and squeeze pressure. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of variations in forced expiration effort on PF muscles' automatic activation.
Interventions
OTHERMinimum expiration effort
Subjects perform a forced expiration at minimum effort
OTHERModerate expiration effort
Subjects perform a forced expiration at moderate effort
OTHERMaximum expiration effort
Subjects perform a forced expiration at maximum effort
Sponsors
Kitani, Lenore, PT
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* women * young (age 18-35) * nulliparous * pre-menopausal
Exclusion criteria
* pregnancy * history of lower back or pelvic pain * history of lower back or pelvic surgeries * incontinence * history of pelvic floor dysfunction * diabetes * endometriosis * neuromuscular disease * connective tissue disease
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed