A simulation analysis of maternal pelvic floor muscle

• Main Authors: Xuan, Rongrong, Yang, Mingshuwen, Gao, Yajie, Ren, Shuaijun, Li, Jialin, Yang, Zhenglun, Song, Yang, Huang, Xu-Hao, Teo, Ee-Chon, Zhu, Jue, Gu, Yaodong
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Pelvic Floor Disorders; Finite Element Analysis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154030
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Pelvic floor disorder (PFD) is a common disease affecting the quality of life of middle-aged and elderly women. Pelvic floor muscle (PFM) damage is related to delivery mode, fetal size, and parity. Spontaneous vaginal delivery causes especially great damage to PFM. The purpose of this study was to s...