Meet the editor

Ran Pang is a consultant urologist and leader in functional urology and urodynamics at Guang'anmen hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. After completing residency training, he was accepted to a clinical fellowship with Peking University in 2005. Subsequently, he joined a research fellowship at Mayo Clinic, USA, in 2011, and a urodynamic fellowship at Dalhousie University, Canada, in 2015. As a leading expert, prof.

Pang also serves on several international organizations as well as local professional committees, such as chair of the Publication and Communication Committee, International Continence Society, and vice-chair of the Pelvic Floor Disorder Group of Urology Committee, Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine. Additionally, he received the Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement award in 2017.

Contents

**Section 1**

and Therapy

**Section 2**

Muscle Dysfunction

Syndrome Patients

*by Kwang Jin Ko and Kyu-Sung Lee*

*by Isabell Link and Christian Fünfgeld*

*by Monika Sorfova and Eva Tlapakova*

**Preface XI**

Basic Considerations in Pelvic Floor Disorders **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 23**

Clinical Management of Pelvic Floor Disorders **33**

**Chapter 4 35**

**Chapter 5 51**

**Chapter 6 61**

Pelvic Floor Disorders in Females: An Overview on Diagnostics

Pelvic Floor Muscle Activity in Relation to Body Position and Breath

*by Cristhel K. Fagerstrom-Sade, Sara Parada-Ibañez, Marcela M. Gurovich,* 

Therapeutic Effect of Magnetic Stimulation Therapy on Pelvic Floor

Management of Hunner Lesion in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain

Development of Management Model Post-Stroke Urinary Incontinence *by Heltty Heltty, Ratna Sitorus, Nury Nusdwinuringtyas and Evi Martha*

Perineal Management and Episiotomy Practice in Chile

*Fabián Vasquez-Vergara and Jorge Rodriguez-Suazo*

*Esther Ayala-Pérez, Pablo Ortega-Plancic, Jaime Roa-Burgos,* 

*by Takuro Kobayashi, Toshiyuki China, Naoko Takazawa, Fumitaka Shimizu, Julius Fink, Shigeo Horie and Tomohiro Imai*
