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No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2024-2025

Study types

  • article 1
  • preprint 1
  • rct 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • dyspareunia 2
article 2025
Is Pelvic Floor Muscle Resting Activity Associated with Pelvic and Genital Pain, Dyspareunia, and Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction? A Cross-Sectional Study of Women with Endometriosis
International urogynecology journal ·doi:10.1007/s00192-025-06190-2

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: A link between pelvic and genital pain, dyspareunia, and increased pelvic floor muscle (PFM) tone is an area of controversy. Additionally, it has been postulated that increased PFM tone can limit the ability to …

rct 2025
Supervised exercise and pelvic floor muscle training eases current pelvic and genital pain but not worst pelvic and genital pain in women with endometriosis: a randomised trial
Journal of physiotherapy ·doi:10.1016/j.jphys.2025.09.012

QUESTION: How much does adding supervised group and independent individual exercise including pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) to multidisciplinary pain management affect pelvic and genital pain in women with endometriosis? How much does…

2024
Acute Effect of Heavy Weightlifting on the Pelvic Floor Muscles in Strength-Trained Women: An Experimental Crossover Study.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise ·doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000003275

Introduction/purposeHeavy lifting may produce strain on the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) due to high increases in intra-abdominal pressure, but knowledge of the impact of weightlifting on the PFM is lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to inv…

preprint 2024
Can general exercise be used as an empowering tool among women with endometriosis? Experiences and practice among women with endometriosis and women’s health physiotherapists
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-4010890/v1

Abstract Background The potential benefit of exercise to alleviate symptoms of endometriosis is unclear. Still, exercise may be used to empower women and manage disease symptoms. The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to explore how ge…