Mechanisms of female urinary continence under stress: frequency spectrum analysis

Journal of Biomechanics
K KimK An

Abstract

Intravesical and urethral pressure signals during cough and Valsalva maneuvers for 15 continent women were analyzed with frequency spectrum analysis. Clear modulation of the urethral pressure changes by the intravesical pressure rise during stress maneuvers was demonstrated in the frequency bands of 14 and 7 Hz for cough and Valsalva, respectively. The linearity between the urethral and intravesical pressure signals was strong for cough, but relatively weaker for Valsalva. The observed linearity lead to the formulation of a modified continence equation to mathematically quantify stress leak point pressure (sLPP): sLPP=MUCP/(1-alpha1)+RBP. This algebraic equation demonstrated that sLPP depends on pressure transmission, resting bladder pressure, and maximum urethral closure pressure. The equation was validated with excellent theoretical predictions for the 15 continent subjects (R(2)=0.98 and 0.97 for cough and Valsalva leak point pressure, respectively) and good but somewhat weaker predictions for 46 stress incontinent women (R(2)=0.79 and 0.48, respectively). It has been shown that pressure transmission plays the most important role in female continence function, while it may be attributable to passive structural origin as evid...Continue Reading

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Feb 10, 2011·Neurourology and Urodynamics·M A CooperM S Damaser
Jan 7, 2014·Neurourology and Urodynamics·Andrew GammieUNKNOWN International Continence Society Urodynamic Equipment Working Group
Sep 25, 2014·Neurourology and Urodynamics·Hassan K AwadaMargot S Damaser

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