Pelvic floor status in opera singers. a pilot study using transperineal ultrasound

• Main Authors: Ingrid Volløyhaug (Author), Tuva Semmingsen (Author), Anne-Maria Laukkanen (Author), Clara Karoliussen (Author), Kåre Bjørkøy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Control of pelvic floor muscles (PFM) is emphasized as important to obtain functional breath support in opera singing, but there is not much research that proves PFM function as part of breath support in classical singing. Transperineal ultrasound is a reliable method for quantif...