Mobile Applications for Pelvic Floor Muscles Training
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37886/Keywords:
pelvic floor muscle training, mobile applications, mobile technologyAbstract
Research question (RQ): What mobile pelvic floor muscular exercise applications are currently available to users?
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to establish which mobile applications for pelvic floor muscle training are accessible to users and whether these are based on the guidelines of professional and scientific research; in addition, the objective included a design of a idea of a mobile application for pelvic floor muscle training.
Method: The existing mobile applications for PFMT were searched by means of Google play (for the android system) and Apple app Store (for the iOS system). Adobe Illustrator was used to outline the application idea.
Results: The results were obtained on the basis of our own criteria and showed that more than half of the applications are not suitable or are not suitable for PFMT in relation to criteria set.
Organisation: In order to make the mobile application as optimal as possible, 15 existing applications for pelvic floor muscles training for android and iOS systems were analysed.
Society: By exercising the pelvic floor muscles, we can largely prevent, eliminate or at least alleviate the problems of urine incontinance and other problems associated with pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, and at the same time improve the sexual function of the user. Since our exercise takes only 3x3 minutes a day, it is nonsense to always visit some organized forms, and many can not even afford it financially. The application provides a person with a higher quality PFMT, and at the same time reminds him / her of the time when it is time to exercise.
Originality: A mobile mobile application for pelvic floor muscle training is the first such application in the Slovenian language. The added value of an application compared to existing ones is that it is simple and transparent to use, and that the user does not need to pay attention to time parameters, but can focus more on the quality of the VMMD implementation itself.
Limitations of the study/further research: The proposed prototype of applications allows an user to focus more on the quality of the contraction and relaxation during the trainig. Further research should focus on assessing the effectiveness of exercise by means of a mobile pelvic floor muscular exercise application.
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