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Self-Assessment of the Pelvic Floor by Women Practicing Recreational Horseback Riding
The aim of this study was to compare the condition of the pelvic floor in women who are involved in regular recreational horseback riding, with both physically active women as well as women not undertaking any recreational physical activity. Taking into account horseback riding and physical activity...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206295 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042108 |
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author | Urbowicz, Monika Saulicz, Mariola Saulicz, Aleksandra Saulicz, Edward |
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description | The aim of this study was to compare the condition of the pelvic floor in women who are involved in regular recreational horseback riding, with both physically active women as well as women not undertaking any recreational physical activity. Taking into account horseback riding and physical activity, 140 healthy women aged 17 to 61 were divided into three groups: women practicing horseback riding (WPHR) (46 persons), physically active women (PAW) (47 persons) and women not physically active (WNPA) (47 persons). The Australian Pelvic Floor Questionnaire (APFQ) was used to measure the extent of pelvic floor dysfunctions in women from all three groups. The lowest average values were found in the group of women practicing recreational horseback riding, and the highest in the group of women not physically active (95% CI: 0.61–1.15 vs. 0.87–1.44 —bladder scores; 0.82–1.32 vs. 1.24–1.8—bowel scores; 0.07–0.33 vs. 0.08–0.35—prolapse of reproductive organs scores; 0.4–1.07 vs. 0.49–1.3—sexual function). Statistically significant intergroup differences were recorded only for the bowel function rate (p = 0.021). The overall pelvic floor dysfunction rate in the WPHR group was lower when compared with both control groups (95% CI: 2.15–3.62 vs. 2.34–3.54 in women from PAW group and vs. 3.0–4.56 in women from WNPA group). Based on this study, it can be concluded that all of the pelvic floor related symptoms, their frequency, and severity levels do not qualify recreational horseback riding as being a risk factor for developing pelvic floor dysfunction in women. |
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spelling | pubmed-88724232022-02-25 Self-Assessment of the Pelvic Floor by Women Practicing Recreational Horseback Riding Urbowicz, Monika Saulicz, Mariola Saulicz, Aleksandra Saulicz, Edward Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this study was to compare the condition of the pelvic floor in women who are involved in regular recreational horseback riding, with both physically active women as well as women not undertaking any recreational physical activity. Taking into account horseback riding and physical activity, 140 healthy women aged 17 to 61 were divided into three groups: women practicing horseback riding (WPHR) (46 persons), physically active women (PAW) (47 persons) and women not physically active (WNPA) (47 persons). The Australian Pelvic Floor Questionnaire (APFQ) was used to measure the extent of pelvic floor dysfunctions in women from all three groups. The lowest average values were found in the group of women practicing recreational horseback riding, and the highest in the group of women not physically active (95% CI: 0.61–1.15 vs. 0.87–1.44 —bladder scores; 0.82–1.32 vs. 1.24–1.8—bowel scores; 0.07–0.33 vs. 0.08–0.35—prolapse of reproductive organs scores; 0.4–1.07 vs. 0.49–1.3—sexual function). Statistically significant intergroup differences were recorded only for the bowel function rate (p = 0.021). The overall pelvic floor dysfunction rate in the WPHR group was lower when compared with both control groups (95% CI: 2.15–3.62 vs. 2.34–3.54 in women from PAW group and vs. 3.0–4.56 in women from WNPA group). Based on this study, it can be concluded that all of the pelvic floor related symptoms, their frequency, and severity levels do not qualify recreational horseback riding as being a risk factor for developing pelvic floor dysfunction in women. MDPI 2022-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8872423/ /pubmed/35206295 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042108 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Urbowicz, Monika Saulicz, Mariola Saulicz, Aleksandra Saulicz, Edward Self-Assessment of the Pelvic Floor by Women Practicing Recreational Horseback Riding |
title | Self-Assessment of the Pelvic Floor by Women Practicing Recreational Horseback Riding |
title_full | Self-Assessment of the Pelvic Floor by Women Practicing Recreational Horseback Riding |
title_fullStr | Self-Assessment of the Pelvic Floor by Women Practicing Recreational Horseback Riding |
title_full_unstemmed | Self-Assessment of the Pelvic Floor by Women Practicing Recreational Horseback Riding |
title_short | Self-Assessment of the Pelvic Floor by Women Practicing Recreational Horseback Riding |
title_sort | self-assessment of the pelvic floor by women practicing recreational horseback riding |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206295 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042108 |
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