title: [Functional reeducation of the perineum by the intermittent static contraction method].
abstract: In this original method of improving muscle tone in the perineum the author adapts the technique used for strengthening the quadriceps muscles. In that method the muscles progressively pull against an increasing weight. This method adapted to the perineum can be performed if a tampon is inserted into the vagina and the patient is instructed to contract her muscles so that increasingly heavy weights attached to the thread by which the tampon is normally removed are applied and the patient is taught how to contract so that the tampon is held in place. Furthermore the patient is taught breathing exercises together with abdomino-perineal muscle development, using H. Stapfer's method which was first described in his book published in 1912. Two case histories illustrate how the method has been applied and there are also diagrams showing how to carry out the exercises and how not to carry them out.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009129:Muscle Tonus; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D010502:Perineum; D013630:Tampons, Surgical; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D014621:Vagina
vernacular_title: Rééducation fonctionnelle du périnée par la méthode des contractions statiques intermittentes (C.S.I.).