Women with functional constipation have a worse ability to relax their pelvic floor muscle: A cross sectional study.

Viviane G MiottoAna C N L Fernandes Aura M P de la OssaGabriela S BazanelliTatiana de B FrettaNicole A de PaulaCristine Jorge Homsi Ferreira

Published in: Neurourology and urodynamics (2022)

Women with FIC have more difficulty in relaxing their PFM and lower MVC values than women without FIC. FIC negatively impacts women's symptom-related QoL. The main contribution of this study was to reavel the difficulty of the participants with FIC to relax their PFM. This finding is important to guide clinical decision making for an adequate treatment program direct to women with FIC.

Keyphrases

polycystic ovary syndrome
decision making
pregnancy outcomes
skeletal muscle
physical activity
cervical cancer screening
risk factors
breast cancer risk
type diabetes
pregnant women
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
combination therapy
irritable bowel syndrome