Pelvic Pain of Myofascial Origin in Women: Correlation with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Table 1
Correlation between maofascial pain scores and questionnaire domain scores.
Questionnaire domain scores
Bladder
Bowel
Prolapse
Sexual
Overall score
Myofascial pain location
(i) Pubococcygeus R
0.22 (0.018)
0.26 (0.004)
0.31 (<0.001)
0.38 (<0.001)
0.44 (<0.001)
(ii) Pubococcygeus L
0.15 (0.10)
0.12 (0.18)
0.05 (0.53)
0.31 (<0.001)
0.24 (0.01)
(iii) Iliococcygeus R
0.13 (0.15)
0.06 (0.49)
0.24 (0.009)
0.11 (0.21)
0.21 (0.02)
(iv) Iliococcygeus L
0.14 (0.13)
0.04 (0.63)
0.20 (0.03)
0.14 (0.13)
0.19 (0.04)
(v) Obturatorius R
0.17 (0.06)
0.15 (0.11)
0.20 (0.03)
0.34 (<0.001)
0.32 (<0.001)
(vi) Obturatorius L
0.19 (0.04)
0.16 (0.08)
0.24 (0.01)
0.29 (0.002)
0.32 (<0.001)
(vii) Bladder
0.51 (0.32)
0.44 (0.22)
0.35 (0.18)
0.43 (0.02)
0.69 (0.05)
High-tone pelvic floor
0.51 (<0.001)
0.44 (<0.001)
0.35 (<0.001)
0.43 (<0.001)
0.69 (<0.001)
Correlations and values (in brackets) between myofascial pain locations and questionnaire scores as well as between high tone pelvic floor and questionnaire scores (Spearman’s rank correlation). In case of high-tone pelvic score, polychoric correlation was calculated. Significant correlations are presented in bold. R: right, L: left.
