The usefulness of vaginal cones as a method of measuring perineal muscle strength. The RECOVA Group. REeducación COnos VAginales

OBJECTIVE: To determine the utility of vaginal cones for the measurement of perineal muscle strength. METHODS: A study was conducted on 134 women (mean age 31.8 years) to determine the correlation between a clinical test for measuring perineal muscle strength and the number of vaginal cones retained by the patients. RESULTS: A correlation was found between the clinical test for measuring perineal muscle strength and the number of vaginal cones retained in 90% of the cases. This correlation increased to 96% in patients that had undergone rehabilitation of the perineal muscles with vaginal cones for a period of three months. CONCLUSION: Our results show that vaginal cones permit objective measurement of perineal muscle strength.