Atuação fisioterapêutica nas disfunções sexuais femininas: revisão sistemática.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Female sexual dysfunction is characterized by personal suffering and/or sexual dissatisfaction that blocks the physiological responses of the sexual cycle. It is essential to identify the real causes, requiring an effective assessment, which will correctly direct the intervention. OBJECTIVE: To identify studies that address physiotherapeutic interventions applied to women with sexual dysfunction, aiming at the effectiveness of the interventions and their repercussions on the quality of life of these women. METHODOLOGY: After applying search strategies in the databases, 667 articles were identified, duplicates were removed from these and then titles and abstracts were read, seeking to identify which ones dealt with the theme of this study; Once this stage was completed, 29 articles were selected for full reading, but only 3 were included and integrated into this systematic review, as they were also approved by the assessment of methodological quality and risk of bias. RESULTS: From the selected articles, 143 women with complaints of sexual dysfunction were studied, with an average age of 30.13 years. Regarding the role of physiotherapy in patients with sexual dysfunction, among the resources used are Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT), which promoted an increase in pelvic floor strength and total improvement in sexual complaints, and vaginal electrical stimulation which, in addition The increase in pelvic floor strength promoted improvements in the areas of excitement, desire, orgasm and satisfaction. CONCLUSION: Physiotherapeutic techniques such as PFMT and vaginal electrical stimulation applied to sexual dysfunctions play a crucial role in terms of greater adherence to treatments, promoting increased muscle strength, normalizing tone and

desensitizing painful areas and, consequently, helping to recover sexual well- being feminine and quality of life.