Table 4 Comparison of the assessed manometric parameters before and after the intervention among the three studied groups
From: Pelvic floor rehabilitation in the treatment of mixed urinary incontinence among women
Manometric pressure | Group I | Group II | Group III | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before intervention | After intervention | Test of sig. | p | Before intervention | After intervention | Test of sig. | p | Before intervention | After intervention | Test of sig. | p | |
Anal resting pressure (hPa) | ||||||||||||
 Min.–Max. | 20–135 | 20–130 | Z = − 3.1 | 0.002* | 13–170 | 20–140 | Z = − 1 | 0.312 | 150–140 | 15–150 | Z = − 3.08 | 0.002* |
 Mean ± SD | 61.2 ± 30.3 | 72.4 ± 28.3 | 71.9 ± 40.45 | 77 ± 33.8 | 81.2 ± 38.8 | 88.6 ± 42.5 | ||||||
 Median | 63 | 79 | 66.5 | 73 | 65 | 85 | ||||||
 Percentage of improvement | 29.3% |  |  | 25.8% |  |  | 9.5% |  |  | |||
Anal max. squeezing pressure (hPa) | ||||||||||||
 Min.–Max. | 15–140 | 13–156 | Z = − 3.5 | ≤ 0.0001* | 4–120 | 9–140 | Z = − 1.5 | 0.130 | 3–75 | 9–90 | Z = − 3.35 | 0.001* |
 Mean ± SD | 54 ± 30.6 | 65.3 ± 35.4 | 51.6 ± 40.2 | 55.1 ± 39.5 | 41.7 ± 18 | 50.5 ± 21.1 | ||||||
 Median | 50 | 63 | 37.5 | 42.5 | 43 | 60 | ||||||
 Percentage of improvement | 23.8% |  |  | 31.3% |  |  | 29.5% |  |  | |||
Vaginal max. squeezing pressure (hPa) | ||||||||||||
 Min.–Max. | 10–80 | 20–71 | Z = − 2.8 | 0.004* | 5–45 | 5–60 | Z = − 1.1 | 0.269 | 11–80 | 15–90 | Z = − 2.7 | 0.006* |
 Mean ± SD | 34 ± 16.7 | 43 ± 13.5 | 27.7 ± 12.2 | 29.6 ± 14.4 | 29.5 ± 15.6 | 34 ± 16.3 | ||||||
 Median | 30 | 42 | 25.5 | 28 | 25 | 30 | ||||||
 Percentage of improvement | 47.8% |  |  | 12.6% |  |  | 21.5% |  |  | |||