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Category
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Rehabilitation & Conservative Treatments |
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Keywords
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pelvic floor assessment Evaluation tools |
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Target Audience
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Clinicians and researchers interested in updating their knowledge of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) evaluations and the types of information that can be obtain using current PFM assessment tools |
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Aims and Objectives
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Aim: To review evidence-based literature on pelvic floor muscle evaluation tools, from digital evaluation to imaging.
Objectives:
To highlight the importance of undertaking a thorough evaluation of pelvic floor musculature in women with urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and vulvo-vaginal pain
To present evidence-based approaches to the evaluation process, using valid and reliable clinical tools: digital evaluation, pressure, EMG, dynamometry and US
To present the relationship between pelvic-floor morphological deficit and dysfunction, and their symptomatology and diagnosis
To present correlations between pelvic-floor morphological deficit or dysfunction and pelvic-floor rehabilitation prognosis
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