Functional assessment of urinary incontinence: The perineal pad test

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 210-215

  Devreese, Annemie M ^a   De Weerdt, Willy J ^b   Feys, Hilde M ^b   Dewulf, Mieke ^a   Alaerts, Renilde ^a   Vereecken, Raoul ^a   Van Assche, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PERINEUM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0029945287     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921559601000305     Document Type: Article

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