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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 May 13;213(2):191.e1–191.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.05.012

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

Comparison of architectural parameters of C, IC, and PC among virgin, pregnant, and PP groups

Data represented as mean ± SEM.

C, coccygeus; IC, iliocaudalis; Lfn, fiber length normalized to optimal sarcomere length; PC, pubocaudalis; PCSA, physiologic cross-sectional area; PP, postpartum.

*Significantly different P values derived from 2-way analysis of variance, followed by Tukey pairwise comparisons with significance level set to 5%.

Alperin. Pregnancy adaptations in rat pelvic muscles. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2015.