INTRODUCTION Verbal instructions are used clinically to encourage activation of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM). Whether separate layers of PFM activate differently in response to instructions remains unknown. AIM To t...INTRODUCTION Verbal instructions are used clinically to encourage activation of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM). Whether separate layers of PFM activate differently in response to instructions remains unknown. AIM To test the hypotheses that (i) instructions that aimed to bias activity of a specific muscle layer would increase activation of the targeted layer to a greater extent than the other layer,(ii) activity of individual PFM layers would differ between instructions, and (iii) PFM activity would be symmetrical for all instructions.展开更多
文摘INTRODUCTION Verbal instructions are used clinically to encourage activation of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM). Whether separate layers of PFM activate differently in response to instructions remains unknown. AIM To test the hypotheses that (i) instructions that aimed to bias activity of a specific muscle layer would increase activation of the targeted layer to a greater extent than the other layer,(ii) activity of individual PFM layers would differ between instructions, and (iii) PFM activity would be symmetrical for all instructions.
