Functional changes in vaginal musculature associated with pregnancy

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Title Functional changes in vaginal musculature associated with pregnancy
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author Brockman, Mary Christopher, Sister
Date 1972-06
Description The purpose of this study was, by us of Kegel's perineometer, to identify functional changes in vaginal musculature associated with pregnancy. Pregnant women registered in the prenatal clinic of a 277 bed university medical center and under the care of private obstetricians were studied. The sample consisted of five primigravid women who were less than 14 weeks pregnant at the beginning of the study. Measurements of the vaginal musculature were obtained once during each trimester of pregnancy in an attempt to identify the occurrence of functional change. The raw data suggested support of the hypothesis that, functional change occurs in vaginal musculature throughout the course of pregnancy. However, statistical analysis of the data failed to support the hypothesis. Statistical correlations among variables brought to light some fascinating and unexpected data concerning the influence of age, height, and weight upon the vaginal muscle measures. Failure to statistical analysis to support the hypothesis may be attributable to the small number of study subjects (5).
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Vaginal Muscle
Subject MESH Obstetrical Nursing; Pregnancy; Vagina
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of Functional changes in vaginal musculature associated with pregnancy". Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "Functional changes in vaginal musculature associated with pregnancy". available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. RG41.5 1972 .B7.
Rights Management © Sister Mary Christopher Brockman.
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Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available)
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p270zm
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