Open AccessDo Measures of Muscular Fitness Modify the Effect of Intra-abdominal Pressure on Pelvic Floor Support in Postpartum Women?
Author(s) -
Ingrid Nygaard,
Janet M. Shaw,
Jie Wang,
Xiaoming Sheng,
Meng Yang,
Stefan Niederauer,
Robert W. Hitchcock
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2154-4212
pISSN - 2151-8378
DOI - 10.1097/spv.0000000000000901
Subject(s) - medicine , pelvic floor , pelvic floor muscle , hymen , isometric exercise , physical therapy , trunk , vaginal delivery , repeated measures design , pelvic floor disorders , pelvis , physical medicine and rehabilitation , vagina , surgery , pregnancy , ecology , statistics , genetics , mathematics , biology
This study aimed to determine whether measures of muscular fitness modify the effect of intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) during lifting on pelvic floor support.