Treinamento da musculatura do assoalho pélvico e percepção de satisfação sexual feminina por meio da técnica Gyrokinesis: um estudo piloto

Roberta Ribeiro Quinn; Juliana de Paula da Silva Cruz; Juliana Schulze Burti; Débora Driemeyer Wilbert

doi:10.23925/1984-4840.2019v21i3a8

Authors

Roberta Ribeiro Quinn Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, Departamento de Fisioterapia – São Paulo (SP), Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6025-4203
Juliana de Paula da Silva Cruz Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e da Saúde – São Paulo (SP), Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8092-4278
Juliana Schulze Burti Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e da Saúde – São Paulo (SP), Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9737-7394
Débora Driemeyer Wilbert Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, Departamento de Fisioterapia – São Paulo (SP), Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1485-8473

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1984-4840.2019v21i3a8

Keywords:

sexual dysfunction, physiological, pelvic floor, women’s health, sexual health, exercise therapy, quality of life

Abstract

Introduction: Female sexual dysfunction is a common phenomenon among women and may be related to pathophysiological conditions of the pelvic floor muscles. The disuse, weakness and hypotonicity of the pelvic floor muscles are related to orgastic disability, impairing female sexual relations with an impact on the quality of life. Objective: To identify whether the training of the pelvic floor muscle (PFM) using the Gyrokinesis technique influences the improvement of sexual satisfaction and quality of life. Materials and methods: A pilot, uncontrolled nor randomized clinical study with seven female volunteers, with a mean age of 44 years. A female sexual function assessment scale (FSFI) and quality of life perception questionnaire (World Health Organization Quality of Life – WHOQOL-BREF) were applied before and after the intervention of the PFM strengthening activity and body awareness protocol, within the Gyrokinesis approach. Results: A significant difference was observed in the FSFI total score, indicating an improvement in the sexual function of the volunteers and a difference in the variables: Sexual Satisfaction, Psychological Domain and Social Relations of the WHOQOL-BREF. Conclusion: Exercises directed to the PFM were beneficial in assessing female sexual satisfaction.

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