Fig 1.
Intra- and intergroup analysis of sEMG mean %MVC amplitudes of the resting activity of pelvic floor muscles; p* Post-hoc Friedman's rank sum test; p** Mann- Whitney U test.
Fig 2.
Intra- and intergroup analysis of sEMG average peak %MVC amplitudes of the resting activity of pelvic floor muscles; p* Post-hoc Friedman's rank sum test; p** Mann- Whitney U test.
Fig 3.
Intra- and intergroup analysis of sEMG average peak %MVC amplitudes of the short contraction of the pelvic floor muscles; p* Post-hoc Friedman's rank sum test.
Fig 4.
Intra- and intergroup analysis of sEMG mean %MVC amplitudes of the short contraction of the pelvic floor muscles; p* Post-hoc Friedman's rank sum test.
Fig 5.
Intra- and intergroup analysis of sEMG mean %MVC amplitudes of the 5 repetitions of 10-second voluntary contraction of pelvic floor muscles; p* Post-hoc Friedman's rank sum test; p** Mann- Whitney U test.
Fig 6.
Intra- and intergroup analysis of sEMG average peak %MVC amplitudes of the 5 repetitions of 10-second voluntary contraction of pelvic floor muscles; p* Post-hoc Friedman's rank sum test; p** Mann- Whitney U test.
Fig 7.
Intra- and intergroup analysis of sEMG mean %MVC amplitudes of the relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles; p* Post-hoc Friedman's rank sum test.
Fig 8.
Intra- and intergroup analysis of sEMG average peak %MVC amplitudes of the relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles; p* Post-hoc Friedman's rank sum test.
Table 1.
Summary of characteristics of study participants.
Table 2.
Comparison of symptom severity (based on voiding diaries) and quality of life at three measurement time points.
Table 3.
Intra- and intergroup analysis of sEMG amplitude of the sustained 60-second contraction of the pelvic floor muscles.
Fig 9.
a-d. Intra- and intergroup analysis the number of women with an increase (>0 (n)) in the resting activity and 10-second relaxation sEMG; p Chi square test (χ2).