Characteristics of pelvic floor structure and electrophysiology of pelvic floor muscle in female patients with stroke
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2022.07.014
- VernacularTitle:脑卒中女性患者的盆底结构及盆底肌电特征
- Author:
Yuanyuan GONG
1
;
Ting ZHOU
1
;
Yun ZHANG
1
;
Wenli CHEN
1
;
Jia HUANG
1
;
Xingguo ZHU
2
;
Yanli LIU
1
;
Wenjing XU
3
;
Jia LI
4
;
Hongxing WANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
2. School of Sports and Health, Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046, China
3. Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233030, China
4. Department of Ultrasound, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
stroke;
female;
pelvic floor
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2022;28(7):828-832
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the characteristics of pelvic floor structure and electrophysiology in female patients with stroke. MethodsFrom June to December, 2020, 21 female inpatients with stroke in Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University (stroke group) were divided into urinary incontinence (UI) group (n = 6) and non-urinary incontinence (NUI) group (n = 15), and other 20 healthy subjects were as control group. They were observed with pelvic floor ultrasonography and pelvic floor surface electromyogram. ResultsAverage electromyography, integral electromyography, root mean square, mean power frequency and median frequency decreased in UI and NUI groups compared with those of the control group (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference between UI group and NUI group (P > 0.05). Bladder neck position, bladder neck angle, bladder neck mobility, urethral rotation angle; and anteroposterior diameter, left-right diameter and area of levator ani muscle hiatus after Valsalva's action were all not different among three groups (F < 2.484, P > 0.05). ConclusionThe activities of pelvic floor muscles decrease in female patients with stroke, without obvious changes of pelvic floor supporting structures, whatever UI.
