Chapter 3 74 Study Design/N Population/ Mean age SD/ range) Interventions/Duration Outcome Measures (muscle tone/ function, pain, sexual function, pelvic floor symptoms, QoL, PPE) Results Fitzgerald et al. (2012) RCT N=81 Women with IC/ PBS PFPT: 43.1 (15.1) Controls: 43.0 (12.9) PFPT Internal(pelvic) and external MTrP and connective tissue manipulation PF, hip girdle and abdomen Neuromuscular education Proprioceptive awareness exercises/ home exercises Likert bladder pain score PFPT vs controls ns Control Full body global therapeutic massage FSFI Total Score PFPT vs controls ns 10 weekly 1-hour sessions ICSI ICPI PFPT vs controls ns PFPT vs controls ns Likert urgency score Likert frequency score PFPT vs controls ns PFPT vs controls ns SF-12 physical scale SF-12 mental scale PFPT vs control ns PFPT vs control ns GRA PFPT vs control (p<.005) Table 2. Continued
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