ArticleBioMed research international2015
Impact of different body positions on bioelectrical activity of the pelvic floor muscles in nulliparous continent women.
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The Effect of Pelvic Floor Exercise on Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Sex Life
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Technologies for Evaluation of Pelvic Floor Functionality: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Pelvic floor and abdominal muscle cocontraction in women with and without pelvic floor dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2019Pooled it
- A Randomized Control Trial Comparing Common Errors Made by Women During Three Different Methods of Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Training: By Verbal Education vs. Vaginal PalpationTraining vs. Perineometer Training.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
- Posture Correction Therapy and Pelvic Floor Muscle Function Assessed by sEMG with Intravaginal Electrode and Manometry in Female with Urinary Incontinence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Utilizing Synergism between the Transverse Abdominal and Pelvic Floor Muscles at Different Postures in Nulliparous Women: A Randomized Case-Control Study.Urologia internationalis · 2022Trial
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- Bioelectrical activity of the pelvic floor muscles during synchronous whole-body vibration--a randomized controlled study.BMC urology · 2015Trial
- Postural alignment differences in children with urinary incontinence.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Abdominal Muscle and Pelvic Floor Muscle Activation in Elderly Individuals with Urinary Incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2025Article
- Which Positions Optimize Pelvic Floor Activation in Female Athletes?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Ultrasound Assessment and Self-Perception of Pelvic Floor Muscle Function in Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence in Different Positions.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Techniques for Registration of Myoelectric Activity of Women's Pelvic Floor Muscles: A Scoping Review.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- Coactivation of the Pelvic Floor and Gluteus Medius Muscles While Walking and Running in Female Runners.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Is the function of the core muscles affected during pregnancy?International urogynecology journal · 2023Article
- Functional Exercise Versus Specific Pelvic Floor Exercise: Observational Pilot Study in Female University Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Impact of Lumbar Postures on the Functioning of Pelvic Floor Muscles Among Osteoporotic Post-Menopausal Women.Cureus · 2022Article
- Characterizing Pelvic Floor Muscle Activity During Walking and Jogging in Continent Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- The Most Common Functional Disorders and Factors Affecting Female Pelvic Floor.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Wearing high heels with an appropriate height is protective for pelvic floor function.Translational andrology and urology · 2021Article
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Abstract
We examined pelvic floor muscles (PFM) activity (%MVC) in twenty nulliparous women by body position during exercise as well as the activation of abdominal muscles and the gluteus maximus during voluntary contractions of the PFMs. Pelvic floor muscle activity was recorded using a vaginal probe during five experimental trials. Activation of transversus abdominis, rectus abdominis, and gluteus maximus during voluntary PFM contractions was also assessed. Significant differences in mean normalized amplitudes of baseline PFM activity were revealed between standing and lying (P < 0.00024) and lying and ball-sitting positions (P < 0.0053). Average peak, average time before peak, and average time after peak did not differ significantly during the voluntary contractions of the PFMs. Baseline PFM activity seemed to depend on the body position and was the highest in standing. Pelvic floor muscles activity during voluntary contractions did not differ by position in continent women. Statistically significant differences between the supine lying and sitting positions were only observed during a sustained 60-second contraction of the PFMs.
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