Is there any difference in pelvic floor muscles performance between continent and incontinent women?

Aims: To compare pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) performance in women with and without stress urinary incontinence (SUI) during endurance test.

Methods: It is a prospective case-control clinical trial. After determining PFM maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) by electromyography (EMG), women underwent endurance test, which consisted of consecutively PFM 1-sec fast contractions reaching MVC amplitude followed by 1-sec rest.

Evaluation of heart rate variability in trained and sedentary climacteric women.

Background: Changes in autonomic cardiac function are frequent during menopause, and various methods have been used to understand and minimize them.

Objective: To study the interference of dynamic aerobic physical activity on heart rate variability (HRV) in climacteric women.

Methods: Cross-sectional study that analyzed HRV in 15 menopausal women (mean age 56.