Pelvic Pain of Myofascial Origin in Women: Correlation with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Table 2
Associations of myofascial pain scores and patients' characteristics.
Patients’ characteristics
Age
CCI
Parity
Max. BW
Pelvic floor surgery
High PFMT
Myofascial pain location
(i) Pubococcygeus R
0.476 (0.06)
0.009 (0.009)
0.11 (0.30)
0.03 (0.839)
0.10 (0.124)
0.34 (<0.001)
(ii) Pubococcygeus L
0.06 (0.315)
0.05 (0.573)
0.10 (0.261)
0.27 (0.094)
0.12 (0.40)
0.40 (<0.001)
(iii) Iliococcygeus R
0.07 (0.412)
0.07 (0.441)
0.09 (0.046)
0.06 (0.698)
0.08 (0.303)
0.25 (0.008)
(iv) Iliococcygeus L
0.05 (0.573)
0.03 (0.734)
0.19 (0.339)
0.14 (0.370)
0.11 (0.639)
0.22 (0.018)
(v) Obturatorius R
0.23 (0.014)
0.17 (0.068)
0.32 (0.008)
0.06 (0.863)
0.02 (0.116)
0.29 (0.002)
(vi) Obturatorius L
0.10 (0.255)
0.10 (0.280)
0.20 (0.035)
0.02 (0.691)
0.10 (0.178)
0.32 (<0.001)
(vii) Bladder
0.3 (0.001)
0.29 (0.001)
0.04 (0.619)
0.08 (0.609)
0.18 (0.909)
0.24 (0.01)
Associations ( values) of myofascial pain scores and patients’ characteristics (N = 110). For associations with age, CCI, and max. BW Spearman rank correlation coefficient was used. For associations with parity, the Kruskal–Wallis test was used. For high PMFT, polychoric correlation was used. The significant correlations () are presented in bold. CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index. BW: Birth weight. PFMT: pelvic floor muscle tone.
