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Pelvic Floor Myofascial Dysfunction and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: A Mechanism-Based Narrative Review and Proposed Neuro-Musculoskeletal Model

2026-08-20

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<h4>Background: </h4> and Objectives: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), such as urgency, frequency, and pelvic discomfort, are often attributed to bladder-centered mechanisms; nonetheless, several patients exhibit overlapping pelvic floor dysfunctions that existing urologic models do not fully explain. Evidence from the musculoskeletal and pain literature demonstrates that myofascial trigger points within the p...

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Literature Corpus work: 861cc7e6-bed9-5a1a-954f-25c7c6c1b44e
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202608.1371.v1

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