ArticleInvestigative and clinical urology2021
Pelvic floor muscle strength is correlated with sexual function.
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- Comparison of Pelvic Floor Muscle Function Between Sexually Active and Sexually Inactive Women with Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
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- Impact of sexual activity on bulbocavernosus muscle stiffness assessed by shear wave elastography in women.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Article
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- Female Orgasmic Disorder: How Far We Have [Not] Come?International urogynecology journal · 2025Review
- Practice for Parturition: Does Sexual Activity Improve Labor and Birth Outcomes?Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Review
- Investigating the Impact of Benign Indication Hysterectomy on Pelvic Floor Symptoms and Sexual Function: A Prospective Study Integrating Pelvic Floor Ultrasonography and Surface Electromyography Test.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Assessment of Female Pelvic Floor Muscles: An Integrative Review.International journal of women's health · 2025Review
- Pleasurable and problematic receptive anal intercourse and diseases of the colon, rectum and anus.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2024Review
- Ultrasound imaging of core muscles activity in multiparous women with vaginal laxity: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
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- Sexual Function, Physical Activity, Mean Amplitudes and Maximal Voluntary Contraction of Pelvic Floor Muscles Are Related to Handgrip Strength: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Status of female sexual dysfunction among postmenopausal women in Bangladesh.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Risk factors of pelvic floor muscle strength in south Chinese women: a retrospective study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Impact of pelvic floor muscle strength on female sexual function: retrospective multicentric cross-sectional study.International urogynecology journal · 2022Article
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength in the First Trimester of Primipara: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeSexual performance is related to proprioception and pelvic floor muscle strength (PFMS). The aim of this study was to correlate sexual activity and orgasm with PFMS. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 140 healthy continent female were prospectively distributed into 4 groups according to age: Group 1 (G1), 30-40; Group 2 (G2), 41-50; Group 3 (G3), 51-60; Group 4 (G4), over 60 years old. Evaluated parameters were: frequency of sexual activity and orgasm achievement; body mass index (BMI) and objective evaluation of PFMS using perineometer and surface electromyography.
resultsBMI was higher in G4 compared to G1 (p=0.042). Women who reported sexual activity was significantly higher in G1 compared to G3 and G4 (94.1% vs. 66.7% and 37.5%, respectively; p=0.001). Orgasm was more frequently in G1 compared to G3 and G4 (91.2% vs. 63.9% and 28.1%, respectively; p=0.001), demonstrating that sexual activity and orgasm decrease after age 51. The duration of PFM contraction was significantly higher in women who had sexual intercourse (p=0.033) and orgasm (p=0.018).
conclusionsAlthough the frequency of sexual intercourse and orgasm may decrease with aging, a relationship between sexual activity and PFMS remains apparent, once both sexually active women and those who have orgasms showed better PFM endurance than non-sexually active ones.
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