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Observational study connects pelvic floor pain to urinary symptoms in women, implying a potential precursor to bladder issues.
Pain with palpation of the pelvic floor musculature is common in community-dwelling women and is significantly associated with urinary symptoms at baseline and with new-onset urinary symptoms over time. Pelvic muscle pain with palpation may be important to consider in the assessment of factors associated with urinary symptoms and as a precursor to bladder pain.
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