Table 4.
Study | Obtained Parameter | Sensor Position |
Test Activity | Subject Characteristics | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group | Number | Mean Age (Years) | ||||
Ultrasound | ||||||
Speksnijder et al., 2012 [109] | Levator ani hiatus during maximal contraction | Transabdominal | MVC; supine | Symptomatic Women | 100 | 57 |
Thompson et al., 2005 [110] | PFM contraction | Transabdominal transperineal |
MVC, Valsalva; supine | Women Group 1: INC Group 2: CG |
Group 1: 60 Group 2: 60 |
43 ± 7 |
Dietz et al., 2001 [111] | Bladder neck displacement | Translabial | Rest, MVC; supine | Women Group 1: INC Group 2: CG |
212 | 53.8 |
Yoshida et al., 2017 [112] | Bladder base displacement; PF morphology | Transabdominal | MVC; supine | Women Group 1: INC Group 2: CG |
Group 1: 22 Group 2: 51 |
Group 1: 33.2 ± 4.7 Group 2: 32.2 ± 4.2 |
Thompson and O’Sullivan, 2003 [113] | Bladder and levator Plate displacement | Transabdominal | MVC; supine | Patients with INC and/or POP | 104 | 45.03 ± 13.1 |
Lovegrove Jones et al., 2010 [114] | Kinematics of urethra and pubic symphysis; anorectal angle | Perineal | Coughing; supine | Women Group 1: INC Group 2: CG |
Group 1: 9 Group 2: 23 |
Group 1: 47.9 ± 13.2 Group 2: 41.1 ± 13.6 |
Kruger et al., 2007 [115] | Pelvic organ displacement; levator hiatus | Translabial | Rest, MVC, Valsalva; supine | Women: Group 1: HIFIT athletes Group 2: CG |
Group 1: 24 Group 2: 22 |
Group 1: 28.5 Group 2: 27.6 |
McLean et al., 2013 [116] | Urethral morphology and mobility | Transperineal | Coughing, Valsalva; supine | Women, INC Group 1: PFMT Group 2: CG |
Group 1: 15 Group 2: 17 |
Group 1: 49.5 ± 8.2 Group 2: 54.0 ± 8.4 |
Oleksy et al., 2019 [117] | PFM asymmetry | Transabdominal | Rest, MVC | Healthy, nulliparous women | 30 | - (young) |
Dietz et al., 2001 [118] | Position of the bladder neck, leading edge of a cystocele, the cervix, cul-de-sac, and rectum | Translabial | Coughing, MVC; supine | - | 145 | - |