Pelvic floor myofascial pain severity and pelvic floor disorder symptom bother: is there a correlation?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pelvic floor myofascial pain, which is predominantly identified in the muscles of the levator ani and obturator internus, has been observed in women with chronic pelvic pain and other pelvic floor disorder symptoms, and is hypothesized to contribute to their symptoms.

Objectives

To describe the prevalence of pelvic floor myofascial pain in patients presenting with pelvic floor disorder symptoms and to investigate whether severity of pelvic floor myofascial pain on examination correlates with degree of pelvic floor disorder symptom bother.

Study design

All new patients seen at 1 tertiary referral center between 2014 and 2016 were included in this retrospectively assembled cross-sectional study. Pelvic floor myofascial pain was determined by transvaginal palp

SUBMITTER: Meister MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6732028 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature