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85% of women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) have concomitant pelvic floor muscle tenderness (PFT). The significance of this finding is incompletely understood. This study examines PFT among participants in the MAPP Research Network, and its relationship with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) symptom severity, in order to determine whether this is a phenotypic predictor in UCPPS.