Pelvic Floor

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A comparison of perineometer to brink score for assessment of pelvic floor muscle strength. 
  • A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of pelvic floor therapies for urodynamic stress and mixed incontinence. 
  • A randomized trial of behavioral management for continence with older rural women. 
  • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for reporting outcomes of surgical procedures for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • An overview of the management of post-vasectomy pain syndrome. 
  • Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a new nurse-led continence service: a randomised controlled trial. 
  • Comparison of 2 transvaginal surgical approaches and perioperative behavioral therapy for apical vaginal prolapse: the OPTIMAL randomized trial. 
  • Contemporary management of postprostatectomy incontinence. 
  • Contemporary views on female pelvic anatomy. 
  • Defining success after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Differential gene expression in pubococcygeus muscle from patients with pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Does sexual function change after surgery for stress urinary incontinence and/or pelvic organ prolapse? A multicenter prospective study. 
  • Effects of examination technique modifications on pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) results. 
  • Further validation of the short form versions of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI) and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ). 
  • How does site of pelvic organ prolapse repair affect overactive bladder symptoms? 
  • Imaging studies of the pelvic floor. 
  • Innervation of the female levator ani muscles. 
  • Innervation of the levator ani and coccygeus muscles of the female rat. 
  • Levator ani abnormality 6 weeks after delivery persists at 6 months. 
  • Levator ani denervation and reinnervation 6 months after childbirth. 
  • Long-term efficacy of simple behavioral therapy for daytime wetting in children. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvic floor in the postpartum patient. 
  • Management of severe lower abdominal or inguinal pain in high-performance athletes. PAIN (Performing Athletes with Abdominal or Inguinal Neuromuscular Pain Study Group). 
  • Measuring outcomes in urogynecological surgery: "perspective is everything". 
  • Neuropathic injury to the levator ani occurs in 1 in 4 primiparous women. 
  • Nonsurgical management of pelvic floor dysfunction. 
  • Open sacrocolpopexy and vaginal apical repair: retrospective comparison of success and serious complications. 
  • Operations and pelvic muscle training in the management of apical support loss (OPTIMAL) trial: design and methods. 
  • Overt rectal prolapse following repair of stage IV vaginal vault prolapse. 
  • Pelvic floor symptoms improve similarly after pessary and behavioral treatment for stress incontinence. 
  • Pelvic muscle electromyography of levator ani and external anal sphincter in nulliparous women and women with pelvic floor dysfunction. 
  • Pelvic muscle rehabilitation in males following prostatectomy. 
  • Pelvic prolapse: diagnosing and treating cystoceles, rectoceles, and enteroceles. 
  • Prevalence of symptomatic pelvic floor disorders in US women. 
  • Psychometric evaluation of 2 comprehensive condition-specific quality of life instruments for women with pelvic floor disorders. 
  • Quantitative electromyographic analysis of levator ani and external anal sphincter muscles of nulliparous women. 
  • Racial differences in pelvic floor muscle thickness in asymptomatic nulliparas as seen on magnetic resonance imaging-based three-dimensional color thickness mapping. 
  • Racial differences in pelvic morphology among asymptomatic nulliparous women as seen on three-dimensional magnetic resonance images. 
  • Rectal prolapse: an overview of clinical features, diagnosis, and patient-specific management strategies. 
  • Responsiveness of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI) and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ) in women undergoing vaginal surgery and pessary treatment for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy: early postoperative outcomes after surgical reduction of enlarged genital hiatus. 
  • Sexual activity and vaginal topography in women with symptomatic pelvic floor disorders. 
  • Short forms of two condition-specific quality-of-life questionnaires for women with pelvic floor disorders (PFDI-20 and PFIQ-7). 
  • Size of the urogenital hiatus in the levator ani muscles in normal women and women with pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Skeletal muscle heavy-chain polypeptide 3 and myosin binding protein H in the pubococcygeus muscle in patients with and without pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Symptom improvement in women after fecal incontinence treatments: a multicenter cohort study of the pelvic floor disorders network. 
  • Symptomatic and anatomic 1-year outcomes after robotic and abdominal sacrocolpopexy. 
  • The minimum important differences for the urinary scales of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire. 
  • The pelvic floor complication scale: a new instrument for reconstructive pelvic surgery. 
  • The standardization of terminology for researchers in female pelvic floor disorders. 
  • The use of synthetic mesh in female pelvic reconstructive surgery. 
  • Validation of telephone administration of 2 condition-specific quality-of-life questionnaires. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Stinnett, Sandra Sue, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Weidner, Alison Catherine, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urogynecology