Lauper, Monika; Kuhn, Annette; Gerber, Regina; Luginbühl, Helena; Radlinger, Lorenz (2009). Pelvic floor stimulation: what are the good vibrations? Neurourology and urodynamics, 28(5), pp. 405-10. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Liss 10.1002/nau.20669
Full text not available from this repository.OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine if two different whole body vibration, sinusoidal vibration (SV) and stochastic resonance vibration (SRV), using various intensities lead to a reactive activation of pelvic floor muscles. STUDY DESIGN: We compared the pelvic floor muscle response of a healthy control group with that of a post partum group with weakened pelvic floor contraction. Activation effects of stochastic resonance vibration and sinusoidal vibration with six increasing vibration intensities were investigated using pelvic floor EMG and compared to activity during rest and maximum voluntary contraction. RESULTS: Both whole body vibration systems were able to activate pelvic floor muscles significantly depending on vibration intensity. Generally, the SRV achieved a significantly higher activation than maximum voluntary contraction, especially in women post partum and using a frequency of 6-12 Hz. CONCLUSION: SRV, compared to SV, leads to higher pelvic floor muscle activation in subjects with weakened pelvic floor muscles and achieves higher pelvic floor activation than maximum voluntary contraction alone. Neurourol. Urodynam. 28:405-410, 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Gynaecology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Lauper, Monika, Kuhn, Annette |
ISSN: |
0733-2467 |
Publisher: |
Wiley-Liss |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:12 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:22 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1002/nau.20669 |
PubMed ID: |
19283866 |
Web of Science ID: |
000267465300009 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/31599 (FactScience: 196220) |
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