Levator ani muscle (LAM) injuries occur in 13–36% of women who have a vaginal delivery.
Although these injuries were first described using magnetic resonance imaging, three …

Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) is a hidden women's health epidemic in the United States,
with over 10% of women having a lifetime risk for undergoing a surgical repair for this …

Introduction Physical therapy (PT) may reduce the pain associated with provoked
vestibulodynia (PVD) based on previous findings that pelvic floor muscle dysfunction …

OBJECTIVE: Delivery-related levator avulsion can cause pelvic floor dysfunction. We
compared agreement between tomographic ultrasound and magnetic resonance–based …

Objective To evaluate the interobserver repeatability of measurement of the pubovisceral
muscle and levator hiatus, and the position of related organs, during rest, muscle contraction …

OBJECTIVE: To compare biometric measures of pelvic floor function obtained using three-
dimensional (3D) ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a group of …

The main support of the uterus and vagina is provided by the interaction between the levator
ani (LA) muscles (Fig. 1) and the connective tissue that attaches the cervix and vagina to the …

OBJECTIVE: To formulate an evaluation system and authenticate the levator ani
subdivisions visible on endovaginal three-dimensional ultrasonography. METHODS: A three …

Aims The aim of the present study was to evaluate test‐retest measurements of functional
aspects of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) contraction using four dimensional (4D) ultrasound …

Abstract “Anatomy is destiny”: Sigmund Freud viewed human anatomy as a necessary,
although not a sufficient, condition for understanding the complexity of human sexual …