Manual massage combined with biofeedback treatment for myofascial pelvic pain syndrome-17 cases cohort report
CHEN Juan
ZHU Lan
PANG Hong-xia
FAN Guo-rong
SHI Hong-hui
LANG Jing-he
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the clinical assessment system and the effectiveness of transvaginal manual therapy combined with biofeedback treatment for the female myofascial pelvic pain syndrome.Methods A total of 17 women with documented myofascial pelvic pain syndrome were enrolled in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from December,2015 to July,2017.The response to treatment was evaluated through the Visual Analogue Scales for self-perceived pain,pelvic floor tenderness in the physical examination and the parameters of surface electromyography by Glazers protocol.Results The median age of patients was 51yrs(range 24-65 years),and the duration was 2 yrs(range 8 months-6 years).A statistically significant improvement was seen in the Visual Analogue Scales of both self-perceived pain[(7.9± 1.5)vs.(3.6±1.6)]and pelvic floor tenderness[(8.2±1.7)vs.(3.8±2.0)](P＜0.05).Paired sample t test showed that after treatment,there was significant decrease in resting tone of pelvic floor muscle,with pre-resting baseline being(5.45,95％ CI 3.04-7.86,P＜0.01)and post-resting baseline being(3.94,95％CI 1.43-6.46,P=0.004)respectively.Conclusion Manual massage combined with biofeedback treatment is effective in relieving pain in patients with myofacial pelvic pain syndrome.
Keywords：myofacial pelvic pain syndromemanual therapybiofeedback treatmentsurface electromyogramGlazer protocol
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 547-549 )