Impaired Ability to Relax Pelvic Floor Muscles in Men With Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Excessive pelvic floor muscle activity has been suggested as a source of pain in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Our objective was to determine whether men with CP/CPPS have changes in neural drive that impair their ability to relax pelvic floor muscles.

Methods

We recruited 90 men (42 with CP/CPPS and 48 in the control group [without a history of pelvic pain]). All completed the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI). We quantified the ability to relax by comparing resting pelvic floor muscle activity under 2 conditions: a "rest-only" condition, in which participants were instructed to simply relax, and a "rest-between-contraction" condition, in which participants were instructed to rest for several s

SUBMITTER: Yani MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9618172 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature