Type of Article : Original Research

Year: 2015 | Volume 3 | Issue 3 | Page No. 1042-1047

Date of Publication: 11-06-2015

DOI: 10.16965/ijpr.2015.134

SCREENING PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION BETWEEN NORMAL AND OVER WEIGHT MENOPAUSE WOMEN USING CASCO SPECULAM, SIMS SPECULAM AND LAYCOCK PALPATION METHOD

Humaira Khanam * .  

^* Department of Physical Therapy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia.

Corresponding author: Dr. Humaira Khanam, Department of Physical Therapy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia.
E-Mail: humaira.16@gmail.com

Abstract:

Pelvic floor dysfunction affects the female urinary genital faecal and is responsible for storing and evocating urine and stool, Physiotherapy helps in the treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction and Kegel exercise is recommended fir women having problems of this dysfunction. In this study the standard method like casco speculum, sims speculum and laycock palpation method. This study proves the use of Kegel’s exercise in the treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction. There is marked decreased in muscle testing which shows the subject with high score of body mass index are reliable to get pelvic floor muscle dysfunction. 
KEY WORDS: Pelvic floor, Kegel exercise, Physiotherapy. Dysfunction, BMI.

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Humaira Khanam. SCREENING PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION BETWEEN NORMAL AND OVER WEIGHT MENOPAUSE WOMEN USING CASCO SPECULAM, SIMS SPECULAM AND LAYCOCK PALPATION METHOD. Int J Physiother Res 2015;3(3):1042-1047. DOI: 10.16965/ijpr.2015.134