The Relationship Between Pelvic Floor Muscle Function and Hip Pain Among Women

This cross-sectional study will include women with symptoms of hip-related pain persisting > three months(research group), and women without hip pain (control group). A single session will include various assessments as follows: abdominal ultrasound examination to evaluate PFM function and endurance, in addition, each participant will evaluate her ability to perform correct contraction of PFM, hand-held dynamometer testing for hip rotator muscle strength, the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire (ICIQ) for evaluating symptoms and impact of urinary incontinence, the International Hip Outcome Tool 12 for assessing hip function and pain, the Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale (HADS), and a functional performance task involving the hip muscles - a single-leg squat.

Inclusion criteria

for Research Group:

• complaints of hip related pain,
• Visual Analog Scale (VAS) >3 for three months,
• with one or more of the symptoms relevant to the syndrome - (1) hip or groin pain produced by a certain movement or position, stiffness and limitation of movement or clicks from the hip joint, (2) examination A positive FADIR performed by the researcher before conducting the study

Exclusion criteria

• the presence of additional diagnoses of the slipped capital femoral epiphysis,
• Perthes disease,
• avascular necrosis, and osteoarthritis-Calve-Legg,
• neurological or Metabolism,
• surgery/fracture in the hip joint of which the woman complains,
• pregnancy or childbirth in the last year,
• Treatment of the pelvic floor in the last year.

control group - health women without any pain or symptoms in the spine and lower extremities