Background: Modern society is increasingly seeing urogenital complaints in increasingly younger women. Early diagnosis and reducing the impact of dysfunction on other systems is an important issue. Fast, objective, and portable tools for assessing pelvic floor muscles (PFM) include digital assessment methods, such as surface electromyography (sEMG).
Aim:The main aim of the study was to assess the relationship between conditions of the urogenital system in young women and the weakening of the PFM. The PFM were also assessed indirectly by analyzing the rectus abdominis and adductors muscles, as well as the baseline tension of these muscles.
Material and methods:The Pelvic Floor Bother Questionnaire (PFBQ) was used to identify the study group. A questionnaire study was carried out on 50 women, and 31 of them were qualified for sEMG. A Noraxon MyoTrace EMG device and MyoResearch XP Master 1.07 software were used for the study. The study was based on the Glazer protocol and the maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) measurement of the rectus abdominis and adductors muscles.
Results:The questionnaire showed a large number of women struggling with different types of complaints affecting their daily functioning. Statistical analysis in most parameters showed no significant differences between muscles.
Conclusions:Non-skeletal complaints may weaken the PFM, causing increased activation of synergistic muscles. It is possible to assess the pelvic floor indirectly, but no baseline increased tension of the rectus abdominis and adductors muscles is found.