OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to precise the relationship between the pelvic floor muscle (PFM) contraction and the maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP) at rest and during a containing effort.
MATERIALS: Longitudinal study, observational, single-center retrospective performed in successively 358 women addressed for urodynamics. MUCP at rest and during a containing effort, gain of MUCP, functional urethral length (FUL), scores USP and ICQ-SF, cervico-urethral mobility (CUM) according to POP-Q classification and leak point pressure were analyzed according to the PFM contraction.
RESULTS: One hundred and seventy-three had genuine stress urinary incontinence, 25 urge urinary incontinence, 148 mixed incontinence and 12 had no urinary incontinence. PFM contraction was not associated with a hysterectomy, age, parity, BMI, CUM, FUL, MUCP at rest, the severity of the incontinence assessed by ICIQ-SF score and leak point pressure. There was a proportional relationship between PFM contraction and the value of MUCP measured during this contraction (P< 0.0001) on the one hand, and the gain of MUCP (P< 0.0001) on the other. MUCP at rest was independent from the MUCP during the containing effort and the gain of MUCP.
CONCLUSIONS: The strength of contraction of the PFM is not correlated with MUCP at rest but proportional to the augmentation of the MUCP during the containing effort.
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Dompeyre P, Fritel X, Fauconnier A, Robain G. Are you the author?
Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, CHI Poissy-Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 78300 Poissy, France; Laboratoire privé d'explorations périnéales, 78300 Poissy, France; Inserm CIC802, service de gynécologie-obstétrique, université de Poitiers, CHU de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France; Service de médecine physique et de réadaptation, UPMC, Paris 6, hôpital Rothschild, AP-HP, 75012 Paris, France.
Reference: Prog Urol. 2014 Nov 18. pii: S1166-7087(14)00621-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.purol.2014.10.010
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PMID: 25468000