Objective:Pelvic floor sensory training is commonly used in clinical practice for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence(SUI);however,there is a lack of comparative studies evaluating pelvic floor sensation betw...Objective:Pelvic floor sensory training is commonly used in clinical practice for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence(SUI);however,there is a lack of comparative studies evaluating pelvic floor sensation between women with SUI and healthy controls.Additionally,normative data for two-point discrimination thresholds in the female pelvic floor region remain scarce.This study aims to compare the results of 4 sensory tests in the pelvic floor region between women with mild SUI and healthy women,in order to provide reference values for two-point discrimination thresholds in this area.Methods:From April 1 to October 30,2023,108 healthy women[(32.5±3.6)years]and 90 women with mild SUI[(32.9±3.3)years]were recruited from the Third Xiangya Hospital,Central South University.Participants underwent 4 sensory tests in the pelvic floor region:Two-dot discrimination,weight perception,shape recognition,and 9-grid localization.The results were compared between the 2 groups.Results:Compared with healthy women,those with mild SUI had lower sensitivity and higher thresholds in 2-dot discrimination tests in the pelvic floor region(all P<0.001).No significant differences were found between groups in weight perception,shape recognition,or grid localization tests(P>0.05).Conclusion:Women with mild stress urinary incontinence have impaired two-point discrimination ability in the pelvic floor region.展开更多
基金supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Hunan Province,China(2023SK2038).
文摘Objective:Pelvic floor sensory training is commonly used in clinical practice for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence(SUI);however,there is a lack of comparative studies evaluating pelvic floor sensation between women with SUI and healthy controls.Additionally,normative data for two-point discrimination thresholds in the female pelvic floor region remain scarce.This study aims to compare the results of 4 sensory tests in the pelvic floor region between women with mild SUI and healthy women,in order to provide reference values for two-point discrimination thresholds in this area.Methods:From April 1 to October 30,2023,108 healthy women[(32.5±3.6)years]and 90 women with mild SUI[(32.9±3.3)years]were recruited from the Third Xiangya Hospital,Central South University.Participants underwent 4 sensory tests in the pelvic floor region:Two-dot discrimination,weight perception,shape recognition,and 9-grid localization.The results were compared between the 2 groups.Results:Compared with healthy women,those with mild SUI had lower sensitivity and higher thresholds in 2-dot discrimination tests in the pelvic floor region(all P<0.001).No significant differences were found between groups in weight perception,shape recognition,or grid localization tests(P>0.05).Conclusion:Women with mild stress urinary incontinence have impaired two-point discrimination ability in the pelvic floor region.