Normal reference values of strength in pelvic floor muscle of women: a descriptive and inferential study

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Table 6 Correlations between outcomes reported by the patients and outcomes informed by the clinician

		Functional capacity: Perineometer assessment	Functional capacity: Manual testing right levator ani	Functional capacity: Manual testing left levator ani	Functional capacity: Strain reflex contraction	SF-12 PCS	SF-12 MCS	EuroQol (Index)	EuroQol (VAS)
Functional capacity: Perineometer assessment	Pearson Correlation	1	-,064	-,066	-,132	,076	-,396^*	-,142	-,023
Functional capacity: Perineometer assessment	p		,719	,675	,400	,654	,015	,371	,886
Functional capacity: Manual Testing right levator ani	Pearson Correlation	-,064	1	,821^**	,838^**	,118	,112	-,168	,114
Functional capacity: Manual Testing right levator ani	p	,719		,000	,000	,541	,562	,350	,528
Functional capacity: Manual testing left levator ani	Pearson Correlation	-,066	,821^**	1	,983^**	,009	,063	-,172	,194
Functional capacity: Manual testing left levator ani	p	,675	,000		,000	,956	,712	,282	,224
Functional capacity: Strain reflex contraction	Pearson Correlation	-,132	,838^**	,983^**	1	,010	,110	-,197	,198
Functional capacity: Strain reflex contraction	p	,400	,000	,000		,955	,516	,217	,214
SF-12 PCS	Pearson Correlation	,076	,118	,009	,010	1	-,223	,494^**	,298
SF-12 PCS	p	,654	,541	,956	,955		,178	,002	,077
SF-12 MCS	Pearson Correlation	-,396^*	,112	,063	,110	-,223	1	,239	,310
SF-12 MCS	p	,015	,562	,712	,516	,178		,161	,066
EuroQol (Index)	Pearson Correlation	-,142	-,168	-,172	-,197	,494^**	,239	1	,275
EuroQol (Index)	p	,371	,350	,282	,217	,002	,161		,074
EuroQol (VAS)	Pearson Correlation	-,023	,114	,194	,198	,298	,310	,275	1
EuroQol (VAS)	p	,886	,528	,224	,214	,077	,066	,074

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