Pelvic floor muscles after birth : do unstable shoes have an effect on pelvic floor activity and can this be measured reliably? – a feasibility study

Graf, Eveline; Borner, Barbara; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica

doi:10.21256/zhaw-18681

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dc.contributor.author	Graf, Eveline	-
dc.contributor.author	Borner, Barbara	-
dc.contributor.author	Pehlke-Milde, Jessica	-
dc.date.accessioned	2019-11-14T09:26:29Z	-
dc.date.available	2019-11-14T09:26:29Z	-
dc.date.issued	2019	-
dc.identifier.issn	2296-990X	de_CH
dc.identifier.uri	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/18681	-
dc.description.abstract	Background: Women often suffer from urinary incontinence after childbirth. Pelvic floor muscle training is an evidenced-based intervention to prevent urinary incontinence and improve its symptoms Aim: The primary purpose of this study was to determine if there is a change in the activation of the pelvic floor muscles with different extrinsic parameters (barefoot versus unstable shoe). Second, we wanted to define variables that can be measured reliably and correlated with pelvic floor activity. Methods: Data of 15 women who were 8 weeks to 6 months postpartum were analyzed. Two conditions (“barefoot” and “kyBoot”) were tested, with each participant performing three different tasks: walking, standing with an active pelvic floor, and standing with a passive pelvic floor. Three-dimensional kinematics of the body were recorded. Activity of the abdominal, back, and gluteal muscles was measured using surface electromyography (EMG). The activity of the pelvic floor was recorded using a vaginal electrode. Maximum pelvic floor activity was compared for each condition, and correlations among pelvic floor activity, kinematic variables, and skeletal muscle activity were determined. Results: The maximum activity of the pelvic floor while walking was significantly higher when participants were barefoot than when they were wearing kyBoot shoes. For the standing trials, no significant differences between the conditions were detected. No surrogate marker was found to measure the pelvic floor activity. Conclusion: With regard to the pelvic floor musculature, no recommendation is possible in favor of or against wearing unstable shoes. Technical developments are necessary to provide solutions to reliably measure the pelvic floor activity.	de_CH
dc.language.iso	en	de_CH
dc.publisher	De Gruyter	de_CH
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Health Professions	de_CH
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	de_CH
dc.subject.ddc	615.82: Physiotherapie	de_CH
dc.subject.ddc	618: Geburtsmedizin und Hebammenarbeit	de_CH
dc.title	Pelvic floor muscles after birth : do unstable shoes have an effect on pelvic floor activity and can this be measured reliably? – a feasibility study	de_CH
dc.type	Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift	de_CH
dcterms.type	Text	de_CH
zhaw.departement	Gesundheit	de_CH
zhaw.organisationalunit	Institut für Hebammenwissenschaft und reproduktive Gesundheit (IHG)	de_CH
zhaw.organisationalunit	Institut für Physiotherapie (IPT)	de_CH
dc.identifier.doi	10.21256/zhaw-18681	-
dc.identifier.doi	10.2478/ijhp-2019-0013	de_CH
zhaw.funding.eu	No	de_CH
zhaw.issue	1	de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhaw	Yes	de_CH
zhaw.pages.end	123	de_CH
zhaw.pages.start	116	de_CH
zhaw.publication.status	publishedVersion	de_CH
zhaw.volume	6	de_CH
zhaw.publication.review	Open peer review	de_CH
zhaw.funding.zhaw	Machbarkeitsstudie für die Entwicklung einer Einlegesohle für den kyBoot mit sensomotorischen Elementen zur Aktivierung des Beckenbodens nach der Geburt	de_CH
zhaw.author.additional	No	de_CH
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Graf, E., Borner, B., & Pehlke-Milde, J. (2019). Pelvic floor muscles after birth : do unstable shoes have an effect on pelvic floor activity and can this be measured reliably? – a feasibility study. International Journal of Health Professions, 6(1), 116–123. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18681

Graf, E., Borner, B. and Pehlke-Milde, J. (2019) ‘Pelvic floor muscles after birth : do unstable shoes have an effect on pelvic floor activity and can this be measured reliably? – a feasibility study’, International Journal of Health Professions, 6(1), pp. 116–123. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18681.

E. Graf, B. Borner, and J. Pehlke-Milde, “Pelvic floor muscles after birth : do unstable shoes have an effect on pelvic floor activity and can this be measured reliably? – a feasibility study,” International Journal of Health Professions, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 116–123, 2019, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-18681.

GRAF, Eveline, Barbara BORNER und Jessica PEHLKE-MILDE, 2019. Pelvic floor muscles after birth : do unstable shoes have an effect on pelvic floor activity and can this be measured reliably? – a feasibility study. International Journal of Health Professions. 2019. Bd. 6, Nr. 1, S. 116–123. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-18681

Graf, Eveline, Barbara Borner, and Jessica Pehlke-Milde. 2019. “Pelvic Floor Muscles after Birth : Do Unstable Shoes Have an Effect on Pelvic Floor Activity and Can This Be Measured Reliably? – a Feasibility Study.” International Journal of Health Professions 6 (1): 116–23. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18681.

Graf, Eveline, et al. “Pelvic Floor Muscles after Birth : Do Unstable Shoes Have an Effect on Pelvic Floor Activity and Can This Be Measured Reliably? – a Feasibility Study.” International Journal of Health Professions, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 116–23, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18681.