Multidirectional Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength Measurement

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作者：
Cristina S. Saleme
Daniel N. Rocha
Sara Del Vecchio
Agnaldo L. Silva Filho
Marcos Pinotti
机构：
[1] Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais,Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering
[2] Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais,Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
来源：
Annals of Biomedical Engineering | 2009年 / 37卷
关键词：
Pelvic floor muscle; Force measurement device; Multidirectional; Clinical evaluation;
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Pelvic floor muscle (PFM) strength measurement provides useful information for the study of pelvic floor dysfunctions. Vaginal digital palpation, intravaginal pressure measurements, and the use of a dynamometric speculum represent currently available clinical methods for evaluating PFM strength. However, none of these methods provide a dynamic measurement of pelvic floor strength in multiple directions simultaneously. The aim of the present paper is to report the development and first measurement trial of a device that follows the vaginal canal morphology and is able to measure pelvic floor strength multidirectionally.
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