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

Table 3 Observational and measured characteristics in the RPR of women with RPR/RIC pain and normal control

Characteristic	Normal control (n = 143)	RPR pain (n = 20)	P value^†	RIC pain (n = 35)	P value^‡
Deficiency	2 (1.4%)	9 (45.0%)	< 0.001	3 (8.6%)	0.053
Focal thickening	1 (0.7%)	2 (10.0%)	0.040	0	1
Length (cm)	5.328 ± 0.572	5.463 ± 0.577	0.326	5.526 ± 0.590	0.07
Minimum width (cm)	0.469 ± 0.122	0.471 ± 0.142	0.944	0.482 (0.412, 0.555)	0.227
Area (cm²)	3.725 (3.307, 4.109)	3.742 (2.969, 4.213)	0.929	3.507 (3.200, 4.126)	0.617
Grayscale	131.155 ± 14.141	130.676 ± 12.892	0.886	130.479 ± 16.17	0.806
AAP (°)	76.639 ± 8.876	75.642 ± 9.326	0.641	71.720 ± 11.775	0.025

RPR right puborectalis, AAP the angle between the arch tendineus levator ani and puborectalis
^†Comparisons between the characteristics in the RPR of women with RPR pain and normal controls
^‡Comparisons between the characteristics in the RPR of women with RIC pain and normal controls

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