ArticleQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery2021
The ultrasound diagnostic criteria for diastasis recti and its correlation with pelvic floor dysfunction in early postpartum women.
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- Risk Factors and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Chinese Women with Postpartum Diastasis Recti Abdominis: An Observational Study.International journal of women's health · 2024Article
- Relationship Between Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Postpartum Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Women in the First Year Postdelivery.Physical therapy · 2023Article
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- Technical aspects of inter-recti distance measurement with ultrasonographic imaging for physiotherapy purposes: the scoping review.Insights into imaging · 2023Review
- The Effects of Conservative Interventions for treating Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women: a Review with Meta-analysis.SN comprehensive clinical medicine · 2023Review
- A deep learning-based approach for rectus abdominis segmentation and distance measurement in ultrasonography.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Efficacy and Challenges in the Treatment of Diastasis Recti Abdominis-A Scoping Review on the Current Trends and Future Perspectives.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Dynamic Evaluation of the Rectus Abdominis Muscle before and after Delivery by Ultrasonography.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere has been a long-standing controversy about diastasis recti diagnostic criteria and its relation to pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD). This study aimed to establish ultrasound diagnostic criteria for diastasis recti and investigate the correlation between it and PFD in early postpartum females.
methodsThe inter-rectus distance (IRD) was measured at 3 locations in 116 healthy nulliparous females and 108 postpartum females. At the same time, they remained relaxed and then maintained a head-lift posture. The measurement for the 90th percentile was used to define the normal IRD in the nulliparous group. Afterward, the 108 postpartum females underwent an ultrasonographic examination of pelvic floor function. The correlations of these values with the IRD were then examined.
resultsWe established the following ultrasonographic diagnostic criteria for diastasis recti: an IRD of >2 mm at 3 cm below the umbilicus, >20 mm at the umbilicus, and >14 mm at 3 cm above the umbilicus. The IRD was positively correlated with body mass index (BMI) in the nulliparous group (r=0.286, P<0.01) and with age in the postpartum group (r=0.230, P<0.05). The IRD was not relative to either the PFD ultrasound results or the clinical symptoms.
conclusionsWe established a set of ultrasonographic diagnostic criteria for diastasis recti at 3 locations along the umbilicus. There is no clear correlation between diastasis recti and PFD in early postpartum females.
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