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Pelvic floor muscles after birth: Do unstable shoes have an effect on pelvic floor activity and can this be measured reliably? – A feasibility study / Der Beckenboden nach der Geburt: Verändern instabile Schuhe die Aktivität und kann diese reliabel gemessen werden? – Eine Machbarkeitsstudie

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Figure 1

kyBoot used for data collection
kyBoot used for data collection

Figure 2

Pelvic floor activity (in % of MVC) over the gait cycle for barefoot (light grey) and kyBoot (dark grey). The vertical lines represent foot-off.
Pelvic floor activity (in % of MVC) over the gait cycle for barefoot (light grey) and kyBoot (dark grey). The vertical lines represent foot-off.

Mean maximum and mid pelvic floor activity for “kyBoot” and “barefoot” for all tasks. The last column lists p-values of comparison. Bold indicates a significant difference between “kyBoot” and “barefoot” based on a significance level of p<0.05.

Mean pelvic floor activity (in % MVC)p-Value
kyBootBarefoot
WalkingMaximal activity90.0112.20.02
Stance activeMaximal activity76.064.30.59
Mid activity57.252.60.84
Stance passiveMaximal activity16.017.70.72
Mid activity14.315.60.79

Pearson correlation coefficient between pelvic floor activity and kinematic/skeletal muscles variables for “kyBoot” and “barefoot.”

Pelvic floor activity versusPearson correlation coefficient
WalkingStance activeStance passive
kyBootBarefootkyBootBarefootkyBootBarefoot
Ankle angle−0.060.030.250.140.090.10
Knee angle0.150.180.48−0.100.150.33
Hip angle0.040.100.390.020.270.38
Pelvis angle0.100.230.280.180.290.29
ObliExt0.02−0.090.25−0.180.14−0.01
RectAbd0.00−0.030.09−0.35−0.10−0.17
ErecSpi−0.11−0.09−0.12−0.40−0.080.06
MultLum−0.07−0.09−0.04−0.41−0.26−0.10
GlutMax0.260.230.17−0.35−0.27−0.27
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Inglese, Tedesco
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Medicine, Clinical Medicine, other