Background & Objective: PELVIC FLOOR disorders (PFDs) are common devastating situations among women globally. The present study aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of radiofrequency (RF) on PELVIC FLOOR distress, restoration, and sexual function among women with PFDs. Materials & Methods: This pre-post intervention study was performed on forty-three women with PFDs, who referred to a teaching PELVIC FLOOR clinic. Patients underwent RF three times fortnightly. Women were examined at three time points of baseline, one month post-intervention, and in a three months follow-up. In addition, a biofeedback evaluation was performed by a physiotherapist at the first session and follow-up. All women were asked to complete the Female Sexual Function Index and PELVIC FLOOR Distress Inventory questionnaires at the first session and in follow-up assessments. Descriptive statistics, the paired samples t-test, and the Friedman test were used to analyze the data. Results: The mean and standard deviation of the age and gravidity of participants were 40. 3±, 8. 01 years and 2. 65±, 1. 3, respectively. We observed that 81. 4% of women had a history of vaginal delivery. A significant improvement was found in the levator muscle tonicity by manual examination in the three-month follow-up (P<0. 001). Moreover, maximal PELVIC FLOOR contraction measured by biofeedback improved (P=0. 075). There were significant improvements in female sexual function and PELVIC FLOOR distress, including PELVIC organ prolapse, colorectal-anal distress, and urinary distress after RF therapy (P<0. 001). Conclusion: The findings of the current investigation showed that RF could be applied for PELVIC FLOOR restoration and is likely to improve sexual function and PELVIC FLOOR distress.

This study is conducted to compare the effects of vaginal cones and exercises strengthening the PELVIC FLOOR muscles in women with the syndrome of PELVIC FLOOR muscles atony referring to Imamreza Hospital in Mashad, Iran in 1999. This quasi- experimental study involved 50 cases selected through non-probability sampling. Two groups of vaginal cones and exercise-therapy in three steps of before and after one, three and six weeks of treatment were trained face-ta-face using regular interview forms, examination forms, and checklists of cones and exercises. The two groups were homogenized as for different variables affecting the syndrome. The results indicated. that the average PELVIC FLOOR scores before treatment were 4.1 ± 1.3 and 4.2 ± 106 in cone and exercise groups respectively, but the two groups signified no significant exercises (p=0.81). After treatment, the average scores chores changed into 8.9± 103 and 6.5± 1.7 respectively, which were significant (p=0.001). Also, the difference of the PELVIC FLOOR muscles power, before and after treatment, was significantly higher in the exercise group. It was finally concluded that vaginal cones, in general, were effective in the enhancement of the power of the PELVIC FLOOR muscles; it is successful, cost -effective and easily conducted.