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  • Title: The role of pudendal nerve innervation in female pelvic floor function.
    Author: Henry MM.
    Journal: Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol; 1994 Aug; 6(4):324-5. PubMed ID: 7742494.
    Abstract:
    The assessment of motor conduction along the pudendal nerve is an accurate objective measure of pudendal nerve function. Measurement of its latency (that is the time interval between electrical stimulation of the nerve and induced contraction of the external anal sphincter) has been demonstrated to be abnormally long following vaginal delivery, particularly if the delivery was associated with a heavy fetus or a prolonged second stage of labor. The significance of pudendal neuropathy and its relationship to abnormal degrees of descent of the pelvic floor have also been examined in this review.
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