Risk factors of diastasis recti abdominis, and relationship with surface electromyography characteristics of pelvic floor muscles in early postpartum: a retrospective study
Older maternal age, lower educational attainment, and higher parity were significantly associated with an increased risk of diastasis recti abdominis in early postpartum. No correlation was found between the sEMG characteristics of pelvic floor muscles and diastasis recti abdominis in the early postpartum period.
Authors
- Lin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7594-3770)
- Xiaojun He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3332-9765)
- He Sha
- Juan Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5143-8158)
Institutions
- Fujian Medical University (CN)
- Fujian Women and Children Hospital (CN)
- Fuzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PeerJ
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20299
- Primary Topic
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Fujian Medical University