Torosis et al. demonstrates #NIRS potential for assessing pelvic floor muscle dysfunction using a customized #Brite. High-tone pelvic floor dysfunction #HTPFD is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by non-relaxing muscles, leading to voiding, sexual, and pelvic pain symptoms.

🔵 Prolonged HbDiff half-recovery times indicated impaired metabolic function of pelvic floor muscles
🟡 NIRS monitoring proved feasible for detecting HTPFD, offering a non-invasive diagnostic tool

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Using a vaginal probe with a multipoint #NIRS emitter/detector array, the study measured oxygenation changes (O₂Hb, HHb, HbDiff) during pelvic floor contractions.

🟡 Women with HTPFD showed absent desaturation & delayed recovery to baseline oxygenation after contraction