176
Participants
Start Date
December 20, 2017
Primary Completion Date
November 27, 2022
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2023
Visual observation
Verbal instructions about the anatomy, function and how to perform the pelvic floor muscle contraction
Vaginal palpation (bidigital touch)
The physiotherapist touched the patients' perineal region (vulva, tendinous centre of the perineum and external region of the anal canal) with a spatula and asked them to identify the pointed region; and with the digital palpation, the physiotherapist touched the tendinous centre of the perineum, pressing it in the cranial direction, and instructed the patients to contract the pelvic floor muscle
Letícia de Azevedo Ferreira, São Paulo
Federal University of São Paulo
OTHER