AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Levator Ani Defects May Cause Pelvic Pain.
LAKE BUENA VISTA FLA. -- Suspect levator ani defects in parous patients with unexplained pelvic pain, Dr. Martin J. Quinn advised.
Of 26 parous women with unexplained pelvic pain, 20 (77%) demonstrated levator ani defects when subjected to T2-weighted, fast spin-echo and MRI in the axial and sagittal planes, he reported at the annual meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons.
In the axial sections at the level of the vesical neck and perineal membrane, several patterns of levator ani defects were observed, both unilaterally and bilaterally. These included avulsion of the pubococcygeus from its insertion point in 3 patients, avulsion of the pubococcygeus from its origin in 14 patients, and loss of conformation and muscle bulk consistent with denervation of the pubococcygeus in 8 patients.
Several patients had more than one defect, said Dr. Quinn of Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntington, England.
The patients presented with unexplained pelvic pain as the ...
- Diagnosis can be elusive: piriformis and levator ani tenderness are prevalent...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Norton, Patrice G.W. September 15, 2004 700+ words
...with chronic pelvic pain also have piriformis or levator ani tenderness...International Pelvic Pain Society. Musculoskeletal...spasms of the levator ani and piriformis...for chronic pelvic pain, found levator ani tenderness in...
- Botox eased chronic pelvic pain in pilot study: levator ani spasms.(Gynecology)
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Boschert, Sherry February 1, 2004 700+ words
...certain kinds of chronic pelvic pain, Dr. Sherin Jarvis...treatments for chronic pelvic pain were treated with injections...type A (Botox) in the levator ani muscles. Investigators...muscle spasms and chronic pelvic pain. Another ongoing study...
- Botox eased chronic pelvic pain, led to greater sexual activity, less...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Boschert, Sherry March 1, 2004 700+ words
...certain kinds of chronic pelvic pain, Sherin Jarvis reported...treatments for chronic pelvic pain were treated with injections...type A (Botox) in the levator ani muscles. Investigators...muscle spasms and chronic pelvic pain.
- Management of dyspareunia and associated levator ani muscle overactivity.
- Magazine article from: Physical Therapy Fisher, Kimberly A. July 1, 2007 700+ words
...surveyed who had pelvic pain and were sexually...diagnosed with pelvic pain. (4) Musculoskeletal...overactivity of the levator ani muscles, is another...a patient with levator ani muscle overactivity...floor spasm and pelvic pain. Her husband...
- Forceps linked to levator ani problems. (Vacuum Also Implicated).
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Boschert, Sherry January 1, 2003 700+ words
...of developing an abnormality of the levator ani muscle--an important muscle for pelvic...delivery increased the risk of developing a levator ani abnormality by 3.5 times. A total...vaginal delivery. The reviewers found levator ani abnormalities in 32 (20%) of the...
- Cesarean may not avert levator ani injury.(Obstetrics)
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Bates, Betsy June 1, 2006 700+ words
...four suffers neuropathic injury to the levator ani with her first delivery, according...function at four separate sites of the levator ani. A quantitative amplitude analysis...woman showing injury at one of the four levator ani sites measured at 6 months post partum...
- One-fourth of primigravidas suffer levator ani injury.(Disease/Disorder...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Bates, Betsy June 15, 2006 700+ words
...four suffers neuropathic injury to the levator ani with her first delivery according to...function at four separate sites of the levator ani. A quantitative amplitude analysis...woman showing injury at one of the four levator ani sites measured at 6 months post partum...
- Musculoskeletal dysfunction has role in pelvic pain.(Women's Health)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Wendling, Patrice May 1, 2005 700+ words
...with chronic pelvic pain also have piriformis or levator ani tenderness...International Pelvic Pain Society. Musculoskeletal...spasms of the levator ani and piriformis...for chronic pelvic pain, found levator ani tenderness in...
- Physical therapy may help relieve chronic pelvic pain. (Improved Sexual...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News MacReady, Norra March 15, 2003 700+ words
...paradigm for chronic pelvic pain," Rhonda K. Kotarinos...patients with chronic pelvic pain should undergo a musculoskeletal...muscles, including the levator ani, sphincter ani, and...contribute to chronic pelvic pain, said Ms. Kotarinos...
- Physical therapy may bring relief to patients with chronic pelvic pain....
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News MacReady, Norra January 1, 2003 700+ words
...symptoms. In these cases, pelvic pain was due to pelvic misalignment...paradigm for chronic pelvic pain," Rhonda K. Kotarinos...muscles, including the levator ani, sphincter ani, and...contribute to chronic pelvic pain, said Ms. Kotarinos...
Source: HighBeam Research, Levator Ani Defects May Cause Pelvic Pain.