PELVIC pain and pelvic floor dysfunction are terms often used to designate a wide variety of conditions. Male "pelvic pain" is typically associated with the reproductive organs, the renal system, and their supporting structures, which may affect the abdomen, rectum, genitalia, or perineum, whereas "pelvic floor dysfunction" is a term associated with the abnormal function of the organs within the pelvis, the reproductive organs, the pelvic floor musculature, or associated structures of the perineum. A consensus definition that distinguishes pelvic pain from pelvic floor dysfunction has not been reached, and their respective etiologies have not been clearly identified.1 Sacro-iliac dysfunction may be related, but it is not typically included as a component of pelvic pain or pelvic floor dysfunction.
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