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العنوان
Effect of strengthing pelvic floor muscles on sexual function after menopause /
الناشر
Michael Makram Tawfick ,
المؤلف
Michael Makram Tawfick
تاريخ النشر
2017
عدد الصفحات
73 P. :
الفهرس
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of strengthing pelvic floor muscles on sexual function after menopause. Twenty volunteers women had post menopausal pelvic floor muscle weakness with sexual problems,Their age ranged from 45 to55 years and their body mass index not exceed 35kg/m2.The participants were treated by using of faradic stimulation with the rate of stimulation maintain at, 8-5HZ the frequency range with the electrical current (0.015-10) MA. Treatment sessions of 20 minutes two times a week for six weeks, Assessment for all subjects was carried out before and after treatment program (after sex weeks) by the female sexual distress scale-revised (FSDS-R). Results : the participants exhibited a sustained reduction in sexual function problems, Comparison by using Wilcoxon Sign Rank test at the entry of the study and after faradic stimulation program showed highly statistical significant decrease (p value = 0.001) in FSDS and Z value was -3.851. The percentage of decrease was 34.0%these result indicate that using of faradic stimulation is an effective method fortreatmentpelvic floor muscle weakness to enhance sexual function problems after menopause women