ArticleScientific reports2023
Myofascial urinary frequency syndrome is a novel syndrome of bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms associated with myofascial pelvic floor dysfunction.
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- Transvaginal Electrical Stimulation for Treatment of Overactive Bladder Without Incontinence: A Pilot Cross-Over Clinical Trial.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2025Trial
- Entheseal pain of levator ani muscle: A novel etiology in chronic pelvic pain and lower urinary tract symptoms-A urodynamic perspective.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2026Article
- Bladder and bowel dysfunction in children with sleep bruxism.International urology and nephrology · 2025Article
- Urologic Manifestations of Nonrelaxing Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Insights on Clinical Workup and Management.Current urology reports · 2025Review
- Pelvic Pain of Myofascial Origin in Women: Correlation with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.Advances in urology · 2024Article
- The Persistency Index: a novel screening tool for identifying myofascial pelvic floor dysfunction in patients seeking care for lower urinary tract symptoms.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2023Article
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This study describes a novel, distinct phenotype of urinary symptoms named "myofascial urinary frequency syndrome" (MUFS) present in one-third of individuals presenting with urinary frequency. In addition to a characteristic symptom constellation suggestive of myofascial dysfunction, MUFS subjects exhibit "persistency": a persistent feeling of needing to urinate regardless of urine volume. On examination, 97% of MUFS patients demonstrated pelvic floor hypertonicity with either global tenderness or myofascial trigger points, and 92% displayed evidence of impaired muscular relaxation, hallmarks of myofascial dysfunction. To confirm this symptom pattern was attributable to the pelvic floor musculature, we confirmed the presence of "persistency" in 68 patients with pelvic floor myofascial dysfunction established through comprehensive examination and electromyography and corroborated by improvement with pelvic floor myofascial release. These symptoms distinguish subjects with myofascial dysfunction from subjects with OAB, IC/BPS, and asymptomatic controls, confirming MUFS is a distinct LUTS symptom complex.
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