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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Jun 6;209(5):10.1016/j.ajog.2013.06.003. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.06.003

Table 2.

Average cervix locations at various forces.

Subjects Mean
cervix
location for
POP-Q pt C
(cm)
Mean
cervix
location
at rest in
OR (cm)
Mean cervix
location under
minimal force
(cm)
Mean cervix
location under
maximum
force (cm)
Mean
“Stiffness”
(N/cm)
N=17* −3.1 (3.9)
(−10 to 7)
−1.9 (2.2)
(−5.0 to 3.5)
−0.42 (2.2)
(−3.0 to 5.1)
3.4 (2.6)
(−5.0 to 9.5)
4.9 (1.4)
(3.1 to 8.9)
*

Data presented are mean (standard deviation) and range.