Assessment of the Elastographic and Electromyographic of Pelvic Floor Muscles in Postmenopausal Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence Symptoms
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Acquisition
2.2. Outcomes
2.3. Ultrosound Elastography
2.4. Electromyography
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Variables | Postmenopausal Women (n = 14) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Me | Q1–Q3 | ||
Age (years) | 53 | 46–56 | |
Weight (kg) | 64 | 60–70 | |
Height (m) | 1.65 | 1.64–1.66 | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24 | 22–24 | |
Occurrence of urinary incontinence symptoms (years) | 4 | 2–10 | |
ICIQ-UI SF score | 7 | 4–10 | |
Qualitative variables | n | % | |
Kind of work | Physical | 2 | 14 |
Mental | 12 | 86 | |
Number of deliveries | 0 | 1 | 8 |
1 | 3 | 21 | |
2 | 10 | 71 |
Q-Box | Rest Tone of PFM (kPa) | Contraction of PFM (kPa) | p-Value * | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Me | Q1–Q3 | Me | Q1–Q3 | |||
Front of urethra | X | 11.9 | 6.9–17.0 | 35.0 | 25.0–43.3 | 0.002 |
Y | 15.1 | 9.9–20.0 | 35.9 | 28.0–51.0 | 0.001 | |
Z | 15.0 | 10.3–17.0 | 18.5 | 15.0–28.0 | 0.024 | |
Behind of urethra | X | 10.9 | 9.3–17.6 | 14.5 | 10.2–16.5 | 0.91 |
Y | 11.2 | 8.7–14.0 | 10.8 | 9.4–15.5 | 0.89 | |
Z | 12.0 | 8.8–15.0 | 12.6 | 9.0–14.0 | 0.63 |
Rest Tone of PFM (µV) | Contraction of PFM (µV) | p-Value * | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Me | Q1–Q3 | Me | Q1–Q3 | ||
Bioelectrical activity of PFM | 3.1 | 2.3–3.9 | 9.1 | 8.1–11.6 | <0.001 |
Q-Box | Rest Tone of PFM (µV) | Contraction of PFM (µV) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
rs | p | rs | p | ||
Front of urethra (kPa) | X | 0.21 | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.41 |
Y | 0.11 | 0.73 | 0.18 | 0.55 | |
Z | 0.21 | 0.54 | 0.15 | 0.64 | |
Behind of urethra (kPa) | X | 0.19 | 0.55 | 0.44 | 0.15 |
Y | 0.02 | 0.93 | 0.20 | 0.53 | |
Z | 0.18 | 0.56 | 0.24 | 0.42 |
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Ptaszkowski, K.; Małkiewicz, B.; Zdrojowy, R.; Paprocka-Borowicz, M.; Ptaszkowska, L. Assessment of the Elastographic and Electromyographic of Pelvic Floor Muscles in Postmenopausal Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence Symptoms. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 2051. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112051
Ptaszkowski K, Małkiewicz B, Zdrojowy R, Paprocka-Borowicz M, Ptaszkowska L. Assessment of the Elastographic and Electromyographic of Pelvic Floor Muscles in Postmenopausal Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence Symptoms. Diagnostics. 2021; 11(11):2051. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112051
Chicago/Turabian StylePtaszkowski, Kuba, Bartosz Małkiewicz, Romuald Zdrojowy, Malgorzata Paprocka-Borowicz, and Lucyna Ptaszkowska. 2021. "Assessment of the Elastographic and Electromyographic of Pelvic Floor Muscles in Postmenopausal Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence Symptoms" Diagnostics 11, no. 11: 2051. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112051