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ArticleSexual medicine2021

Relationship Between Sexual Function and Pelvic Floor and Hip Muscle Strength in Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence.

U J Hwang, M S Lee, S H Jung, S H Ahn, O Y Kwon

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Article in Sexual medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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U J HwangDepartment of Physical Therapy, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea.
M S LeeSophie-Marceau Women's Clinic, Daegu, South Korea.
S H JungDepartment of Physical Therapy, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea.
S H AhnDepartment of Physical Therapy, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea.
O Y KwonDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Laboratory of Kinetic Ergocise Based on Movement Analysis, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea. Electronic address: kwonoy@yonsei.ac.kr.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe pelvic floor muscle (PFM) could affect female sexual functions. The hip muscles are morphologically and functionally linked to PFM and are important elements of female sexual attraction.

aimTo determine the relationship between female sexual function and hip muscle strength and PFM functions in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

methodsA total of 42 women with SUI were recruited in this study. Female sexual function was measured using the pelvic organ prolapse urinary incontinence sexual function questionnaire (PISQ). PFM functions were measured using a perineometer. Hip muscle strength was measured using a Smart KEMA tension sensor. The relationship between female sexual function and PFM function and hip muscle strength was assessed using Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analyses with forward selection.

main outcome measuresPISQ score, PFM functions (strength and endurance), and strength of hip extensor, abductor, and adductor were the main outcome measures.

resultsFor the behavioral/emotive domain in the PISQ, hip extensor strength (r = 0.452), PFM strength (r = 0.441), PFM endurance (r = 0.362), and hip adductor strength (r = 0.324) were significantly correlated and hip extensor strength emerged in multiple regression. For the physical domain in the PISQ, hip abductor strength (r = 0.417), PFM endurance (r = 0.356), hip adductor strength (r = 0.332), and PFM strength (r = 0.322) were significantly correlated and hip abductor strength entered in multiple regression. For partner-related domain in the PISQ, hip adductor (r = 0.386) and abductor strength (r = 0.314) were significantly correlated and hip adductor strength appeared in multiple regression. For the PISQ total score, hip extensor strength (r = 0.484), PFM endurance (r = 0.470), hip adductor strength (r = 0.424), hip abductor strength (r = 0.393), and PFM strength (r = 0.387) were significantly correlated and hip extensor strength and PFM endurance emerged in multiple regression.

conclusionThe female sexual function could be related to not only PFM functions but also hip muscle strength in women with SUI. Hwang UJ, Lee MS, Jung SH, Ahn SH, Kwon OY. Relationship Between Sexual Function and Pelvic Floor and Hip Muscle Strength in Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence. Sex Med 2021;9:100325.

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ButtocksPelvic floor musclesSexual dysfunctionStrengthStress urinary incontinence

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PMID33662705
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