Functional Assessment of the Pelvic Floor

What Will I Learn?

This webinar teaches us to better understand pelvic floor functional assessment based on scientific evidence. You will see in 3 chapters a structured and real-time evaluation with a patient in the pelvic physiotherapy office. A great assessment study and thought guide leading to more structured treatment ideas for physical therapists working with pelvic floor disorders

Curriculum for this course

00:54:00 Hours

Webinar

Part 1. Global assessment of the patient and functional assessment of the pelvic floor (vaginal inspection and vaginal palpation) 00:22:00
Biofeedback - assessment and exercises 00:15:00
Part 3. Global assessment of the patient and functional assessment of the pelvic floor (anorectal inspection and anorectal palpation) 00:17:00

Reading / Learning

Dutch guidelines for physiotherapy in patients with stress urinary incontinence: an update Arnold T. M. Bernards & Bary C. M. Berghmans & Marijke C. Ph. Slieker-ten Hove & J. Bart Staal & Rob A. de Bie & Erik J. M. Hendriks
Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction During a Cough and Decreased Vesical Neck Mobility JANIS M. MILLER, PhD, DANIELE PERUCCHINI, MD, LISA T. CARCHIDI, MSN, JOHN O. L. DELANCEY, MD, and JAMES ASHTON-MILLER
Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: What is important? A Mini-Review. Bary Berghmans
Physiotherapy assessment for female urinary incontinence B. Berghmans, M. R. Seleme and A. T. M. Bernards
Physiotherapy Assessment to Identify the ‘5 Fs’: A Concept of Innovative Pelvic Floor Training Bary Berghmans
Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women: Review and Update on Neurological Control KAREN L. MILLER, M.D
The ‘5 F’s Concept for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: From Finding the Pelvic Floor to Functional Use. Bary Berghmans, Maura Seleme
Urinary Incontinence Across the Lifespan Yvette D. Miller, Wendy J. Brown, Anne Russell, and Pauline Chiarelli3

Requirements

Suggested level: basic knowledge, some experience advisable

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Description

The films are shown in the following sequence:

Part 1. Global assessment of the patient and functional assessment of the pelvic floor (vaginal inspection and vaginal palpation).

Part 2. Biofeedback - assessment and exercises.

Part 3. Global assessment of the patient and functional assessment of the pelvic floor (anorectal inspection and anorectal palpation).

The Physiotherapy Assessment for Female Urinary Incontinence course (based on the practice of clinical cases with Bary Berghmans) and The 5Fs concept for pelvic floor disfunctions are indicated to complement the reasoning.

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