Modelling of Soft Connective Tissues to Investigate Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions

Table 4

Comparison of the measured urethrovesical junction movement and the angle between the midpubic line with the bladder neck (). The difference of the angle alpha between healthy and SUI simulation is computed as .

Reference	UVJ (mm)		Reference	α (°)
	Healthy	SUI
Current simulation	5.1	17.5		110	115.5	138	22.5
Brandão et al. [22]	5.7	12.0	Brandão et al. [22]	91.8	105.7	124.3	18.6
Peschers et al. [69]	15 ± 10	-	Pregazzi et al. [70]	92.0 ± 6.0	100.0 ± 8	120.0 ± 8	20.0
Howard et al. [71]	12.4 ± 4.7	14.8 ± 6.4	Howard et al. [71]	103	-	-	-
Viereck et al. [72]	-	13.7 (2–30)	Peng et al. [18]	73	-	-	-
Brandt et al. [73]	-	VUVJ = 16.0 ± 6.8; HUVJ = 3.1 ± 1.0