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NaranjAcademic and Scientific Journal of Medical and Natural Sciences
P-ISSN: 2518-5748

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The Effects of Kegel Exercises on Pelvic Floor Muscle Problems

SHAERE

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Hizbullah Bahir Senior Teach Assist. Kandahar University

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Year: 6/15/2023 12:00:00 AM (6/15/2023 12:00:00 AM) / Volume: 21 / Issue: 1

Page: 123-131

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ABSTRACT

Therapeutic exercises have a fundamental role in the control and treatment of diseases, especially all the exercises that are used to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles include Kegel exercises. To identify the problems, this study aims to investigate the effects of Kegel exercises on them. In order to investigate this topic, primary materials were collected using the literature review and semi-experimental method and the data were analyzed using SPSS.26. This research was conducted on 40 participants of BSU University in China, and their sports norm before and after eight weeks of exercise, the first exercise norm and the second exercise norm were compared by independent samples T-test. The results of the research show that the health problems caused by the weakening of the supporting floor muscles include urinary incontinence, hypertension and prolapse. Eight weeks of Kegel exercises can improve the health of the pelvic floor muscles by an average of 10.45 percent. Problems have dropped the percentage, especially 17.02 percent urinary incontinence, 9.6 percent hypertension and 4.73 percent prolapse. The results of the study show that pelvic floor muscle disorders can be properly treated by Kegel exercises.

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