Vaginal tactile imager – biomechanical integrity score [
UUI, urinary incontinence, cough, SUI, pelvic organ prolapse
STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, CONTRACTION, URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE
We used Vaginal Tactile Imager (VTI) model 2 S for biomechanical mapping of the pelvic floor. Besides 96 pressure (tactile) sensors aligned on both sides of the probe, an orientation sensor and temperature controller have the equipment’s probe. Depending on the setting, the probe acquires pressure responses from the anterior and posterior or left and right vaginal walls. As a result, the images integrate all the acquired pressure and positioning data for each pressure-sensing. The VTI examination procedure consists of eight Tests as follows: (1) probe insertion, (2) elevation, (3) rotation, (4) Valsalva maneuver, (5) voluntary muscle contraction (anterior versus posterior compartments), (6) voluntary muscle contraction (left versus right side), (7) involuntary relaxation, and (8) reflex muscle contraction (cough). Tests 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 provide data for anterior/posterior compartments; Test 3 provides data for 360 degrees; Test 6 provides data for left/right sides (see Table 
Demographics and Clinical CharacteristicsNS: not significant, POP-Q: pelvic organ prolapse quantification, SUI: stress urinary incontinence, UUI: urge urinary incontinence, MESA: Medical, epidemiologic, and social aspects of aging urinary incontinence questionnaire, Stress urinary incontinence severity category: scores of 1 to 9 is assigned as mild, 10 to 18 as moderate, and 19 to 27 as severe