Abstract
Pelvic floor (PF) muscles play an important role in stabilizing lumbar-pelvic area during functional activities.
Objective:
To investigate the association between the rating of perceived capacity and pelvic floor function controlling age.
Methods:
We evaluated 269 adult women with the Rating of Perceived Capacity and perineal muscle function palpation exam.
Results:
70.2% of the women could just keep walking for 30 minutes. Approximately 4% failed to perform the contraction of the PF muscles and 46.9% had an objectively weak contraction. A better PF muscle function was associated with perceived cardiorespiratory fitness (being able to run for 30 minutes), not presenting complains of urine loss during daily life and during physical activity.
KEYWORDS
Pelvic floor; Physical activity; Muscle strength; Physical fitness
