AVALIAÇÃO DA FORÇA MUSCULAR DO ASSOALHO PÉLVICO EM MULHERES SEDENTÁRIAS E QUE PRATICAM ATIVIDADE FÍSICA

Abstract

Currently people who practice physical exercises in gyms are growing. However, a large number of sedentary women, who practice physical activity, demonstrate ignorance about the importance of holding strengthening the pelvic floor throughout life, as this muscle sustains major organs. The search goal is to compare the degree of muscle strength of the pelvic floor between the groups of sedentary women and women engaged in physical activity in Belém do Pará academic. The sample in question is intentional, consisting of 10 women who practice physical activity and sedentary with age range 20-35 years submitted to an interview and evaluation of muscular strength of the pelvic floor, were adopted two means of evaluation the AFA, and the Myofeedback device with biofeedback feature. Were obtained the results of the Mann-Whitney test with p-value = 0.0275, noting that the muscle strength of sedentary women is lower than practitioners. The result p-value = 0.0105 which identified the relationship between age and the strength was significant, showing that with age there is a change for increasing muscular strength. According p = 0.0105 and p <0.005, it can be seen that the weight can also interfere with the strength of the pelvic floor. It was found that there is difference in strength between sedentary women and practitioners, since women's group practitioners, obtained better results than the degree of strength during the assessment, and then observed different types of force, as AFA, maximum strength and endurance.