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Is there agreement between the preference of examiner and women for unidigital and bidigital vaginal palpation? A qualitative study.

Jordana Barbosa da SilvaAna Paula Rodrigues RochaTatiana de Oliveira SatoPatricia Driusso
Published in: International urogynecology journal (2021)
Agreement between preferences was almost zero neither between women with a weaker and stronger PFM contraction, nor between the types of vaginal palpation. Bidigital palpation increased women's perception, made the contraction easier, and was associated with less space in the vaginal canal and less comfort.
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