ELECTRIC PELVIC FLOOR STIMULATION - MECHANISM OF ACTION

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 15  (1) , 65-69
Abstract
Electric pelvic floor stimulation is used in the therapy of stress incontinence in patients. This canine study delineates 2 mechanisms of action for electric pelvic floor stimulation. The electric stimulation increased urethral resistance by activating the pelvic floor skeletal muscle. Direct pudendal nerve stimulation was the most effective method for applying the electric stimulus. The 2 electric devices presently employed clinically, the pelvic floor stimulator and the transrectal stimulator, were less effective methods for increasing pelvic floor skeletal muscle contraction. Electric stimulation also activated a pudendal-to-pelvic nerve reflex that depressed or eliminated uninhibited detrusor contractions.

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