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Influence of Gestational Age on Pelvic Floor Muscle Activity, Plantar Contact, and Functional Mobility in High-Risk Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Emilly Cássia Soares FurtadoYury Souza De AzevedoDeizyane Dos Reis GalhardoIasmin Pereira Cabral MirandaMaria Eunice Chagas OliveiraPablo Fabiano Moura das NevesLindinalva Brasil MonteErica Feio Carneiro NunesElizabeth Alves Gonçalves FerreiraBianca CallegariGivago da Silva SouzaJoão Simão de Melo Neto
Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
Increased gestational age is associated with a reduction in pelvic floor myoelectric activity. The plantar contact area did not change over the weeks. Advancing gestation was accompanied by a decrease in time to standing, time to go, and first gyrus peak, as well as an increase in time to come back.
Keyphrases
  • gestational age
  • birth weight
  • preterm birth
  • pregnant women
  • skeletal muscle
  • physical activity
  • risk factors
  • weight loss