Advancing women's pelvic floor muscle function diagnosis: the EFSMAP examination and its reliability evaluation.

Background: The accurate diagnosis of pelvic floor muscle impairments is essential. The plethora of terms and the lack of evidence to support widely used pelvic floor muscle function (PFMF) measurements hinder diagnostic labels.

Objective: To structure an examination of PFMF using visual observation and digital palpation and terms consistent with the ICF terminology, and to test its intra and interrater reliability/agreement.

Linking Pelvic Floor Muscle Function Terminology to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

Objective: A previous systematic review on pelvic floor muscle function (PFMF) identified a miscellaneity of terms. The lack of consensual terminology might have come from the complexity of neuromusculoskeletal function itself. This study sought to link the previously identified PFMF terms to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) terminology.

Pelvic floor muscle function in women with and without urinary incontinence: are strength and endurance the only relevant functions? a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To investigate if pelvic floor muscle functions (PFMFs), besides strength and endurance, are associated with the occurrence of urinary incontinence (UI) in women, and to investigate which functions predict the occurrence of UI.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Public health service and community.