A clinical trial on pelvic floor sensory testing in women with and without stress urinary incontinence.
10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2024.240310
- Author:
Xiulan ZHANG
1
;
Chengyu ZHOU
2
;
Wenguang YAN
2
;
Xuhong LI
2
;
Zhaojun WANG
2
;
Yanhua ZHOU
2
;
Fen XIE
2
;
Shuai FAN
3
,
4
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China. 608506@csu.edu.cn.
2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
3. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China. shuaifantasy@
4. com.
- Publication Type:Clinical Trial
- Keywords:
mode of delivery;
pelvic floor rehabilitation;
pelvic floor sensation;
stress urinary incontinence;
two-point discrimination test
- MeSH:
Humans;
Female;
Urinary Incontinence, Stress/physiopathology*;
Pelvic Floor/physiopathology*;
Adult;
Sensory Thresholds/physiology*
- From:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
2024;49(12):1919-1926
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:Pelvic floor sensory training is commonly used in clinical practice for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI); however, there is a lack of comparative studies evaluating pelvic floor sensation between women with SUI and healthy controls. Additionally, normative data for two-point discrimination thresholds in the female pelvic floor region remain scarce. This study aims to compare the results of 4 sensory tests in the pelvic floor region between women with mild SUI and healthy women, in order to provide reference values for two-point discrimination thresholds in this area.
METHODS:From April 1 to October 30, 2023, 108 healthy women [(32.5±3.6) years] and 90 women with mild SUI [(32.9±3.3) years] were recruited from the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University. Participants underwent 4 sensory tests in the pelvic floor region: Two-dot discrimination, weight perception, shape recognition, and 9-grid localization. The results were compared between the 2 groups.
RESULTS:Compared with healthy women, those with mild SUI had lower sensitivity and higher thresholds in 2-dot discrimination tests in the pelvic floor region (all P<0.001). No significant differences were found between groups in weight perception, shape recognition, or grid localization tests (P>0.05).
CONCLUSIONS:Women with mild stress urinary incontinence have impaired two-point discrimination ability in the pelvic floor region.
