Effects of the Hypopressive Exercises in Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse

The aim of this study was compare home-based pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) alone and home-based PFMT combined with hypopressive exercise (HE) in terms of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) activation and severity of pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) in women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) for eight weeks. For this purpose, the participants were randomly divided into two groups: \[PFMT alone (n:15) and PFMT combined with HE(n:17)\]. DuoBravo EMG device for evaluation of PFM activation and \"Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory-20\" was used to evaluate the severity of PFD. All evaluations were performed twice in total, at baseline and at week 8.