Pelvic floor myofascial pain severity and pelvic floor disorder symptom bother:is there a correlation?

BACKGROUND Pelvic floor myofascial pain,which is predominantly identified in the muscles of the levator ani and obturator internus,has been observed in women with chronic pelvic pain and other pelvic floor disorder symptoms,and is hypothesized to contribute to their symptoms.OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence of pelvic floor myofascial pain in patients presenting with pelvic floor disorder symptoms and to investigate whether severity of pelvic floor myofascial pain on examination correlates with degree of pelvic floor disorder symptom bother.