Interpretation
Our results confer with results from the few other RCTs evaluating effect of PFMT in reduction of POP stage and symptoms in the postpartum period.12 To date, all studies reported POP as secondary analyses and not all women included in the studies had POP. This may explain the negative results as well as the fact that the studies were conducted in the early postpartum period. Studies indicate that POP symptoms improve for the majority of primiparous women during the first postpartum year.22,24 Therefore, to enhance our knowledge on the influences of PFMT on postpartum POP symptoms, it might be interesting to conduct an RCT later postpartum, e.g. one year after birth for women who are still symptomatic.