Chapter 3 78 Study Design/N Population/ Mean age SD/ range) Interventions/Duration Outcome Measures (muscle tone/ function, pain, sexual function, pelvic floor symptoms, QoL, PPE) Results Pain unpleasantness Pre-treatment group difference ns Post-treatment group difference ns PFPT pre-post-treatment (p<.001) QoL PFPT pre-post-treatment (p<.01) Oyama et al. (2004) Prospective pilot study N= 21 Women with IC PFPT: 42 (21-64) PFPT Intravaginal massage and MTrP-release No control group Modified Oxford scale muscle tone m iliococcygeus m pubococcygeus m obturator internus m coccygeus Pre-to post-treatment (p <.05) Pre-to post-treatment (p <.05) Pre-to post-treatment (p <.05) Pre-to post-treatment ns 10 sessions for period of 5 weeks Likert pain Pre-to post-treatment (p < .01) Pre-treatment-to follow-up (p<0.01) Likert urgency Pre-to post-treatment (p<.001) Pre-treatment-to follow-up (p<0.005) ICPI Pre-to post-treatment (p<.05) Pre-treatment-to follow-up (p<0.05) Table 2. Continued
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