Pelvic floor muscle training increases pelvic floor muscle strength more in post-menopausal women who are not using hormone therapy than in women who are using hormone therapy: a randomised trial.

Question: Are there differences in the effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training on pelvic floor muscle strength and urinary incontinence symptoms in postmenopausal women who are and are not using hormone therapy?

Design: Randomised, controlled trial with concealed allocation, blinded assessors, and intention-to-treat analysis.

Participants: Ninety-nine postmenopausal women, 38 of whom were using daily systemic oestrogen/progestogen therapy.

Intervention: The experimental group (n=51) received an intensive supervised pelvic floor muscle training protocol, and the control group (n=48) received no intervention.

Relationship between pelvic floor muscle strength and sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The prevalence of sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women is high. Theoretically pelvic floor muscle (PFM) strength could influence sexual function, but to date there is scant evidence on this topic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between PFM strength and sexual function in postmenopausal women.

Inter-rater reliability study of the Peritron™ perineometer in pregnant women.

Objective: To assess the inter-rater reliability of two raters for the mean and single maximal value of three vaginal maximum voluntary contractions (MVCs) using the Peritron™ perineometer for study participants in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy.

Participants: Thirty-six low-risk pregnant women.

Methods: The assessments were done by two different examiners with an interval of 2 to 7 days.

Assessment of female sexual function in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus.

Introduction: Female sexual dysfunction is a frequent problem that may be caused by several factors, such as pregnancy and diabetes, and that can affect the woman's quality of life.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the sexual function of pregnant women with gestational diabetes.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional clinical study involving 88 women, among which 33 were pregnant with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and 55 were with low-risk pregnancy (LRP).