Evaluation of the female pelvic floor with infrared thermography: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infrared thermography (IRT) is an easy-to-use, noninvasive and pain-free tool that can be used to evaluate function of the pelvic floor (PF) muscles.

Objective

To analyze vaginal manometry, temperature, and percentage of colors achieved through IRT of the PF muscles at rest and during maximum voluntary contraction. The relationship between PF muscles strength and IRT temperature was also assessed.

Methods

Two-hundred and thirty-one women (mean ± SD age: 58.4±5.9 years) participated in this study. IRT recorded the minimum, average, and maximum temperatures, and the colors of the PF area at rest and during maximum voluntary contraction. The pressure applied during the three maximum voluntary PF contractions was evaluated through vaginal manometry.

Results<

SUBMITTER: da Silva HKV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8803949 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature