The effect of high-intensity TESLA stimulation (HITS) therapy on pelvic floor electromyography (EMG) and potential clinical implications for use.

• Tác giả: Christian Phillips, Geetika Shah, Khaing Thu Thu
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 627.12 Rivers and streams
• Thông tin xuất bản: Ireland : European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 220639

Tóm tắt

BACKGROUND: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) can significantly impact quality of life for affected women. The compliance and tolerability of strategies such as physiotherapy with or without electrical stimulation is variable. Non-invasive, extracorporeal treatments such as High Intensity Tesla (HITS) therapy have become increasingly promoted as an alternative to physiotherapy but the evidence to support HITS OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of a short course of 8-10 sessions using HITS STUDY DESIGN: Participants utilised the HITS RESULTS: Paired t-test showed statistically significant differences for both endurance and maximum voluntary contraction of PFMs when compared to EMG measurements prior to interventions (p = 0.0003 and p = 0.0002 respectively). Hence, this study demonstrated that all participants had improvement in their EMG muscle activity. CONCLUSION: The HITS chair can effectively increase PFM strength and may be a useful outpatient treatment to manage patients with pelvic floor dysfunction such as SUI and POP.