Exploring transvaginal sonographic characteristics of the levator ani muscle in women with postpartum pelvic floor myofascial pain

Table 2 Observational and measured characteristics in the LPR of women with LPR/ LIC pain and normal control

Characteristic	Normal Control (n = 143)	LPR pain (n = 42)	P value^†	LIC pain (n = 27)	P value^‡
Deficiency	8 (5.6%)	22 (52.4%)	< 0.001	8 (29.6%)	< 0.001
Focal thickening	0	8 (19.0%)	< 0.001	0	–
Length (cm)	5.237 (4.939, 5.545)	5.398 (5.174, 5.866)	0.018	5.327 (4.851, 5.946)	0.333
Minimum width (cm)	0.442 (0.374, 0.517)	0.426 (0.380, 0.554)	0.784	0.410 (0.357, 0.489)	0.363
Area (cm²)	3.675 (3.138, 4.210)	3.620 (3.350, 4.140)	0.671	3.394 (3.085, 4.234)	0.698
Grayscale	127.979 ± 15.104	124.974 ± 13.084	0.245	122.008 ± 13.340	0.057
AAP (°)	79.142 (72.062, 85.258)	80.213 (70.865, 86.123)	0.741	77.730 ± 10.420	0.692

LPR left puborectalis, LIC left iliococcygeus, AAP, the angle between the arch tendineus levator ani and puborectalis
^†Comparisons between the characteristics in the LPR of women with LPR pain and normal controls
^‡Comparisons between the characteristics in the LPR of women with LIC pain and normal controls

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