No correlation between perineal position and pudendal nerve terminal motor latency in healthy perimenopausal women

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 350-353

  Ryhammer, Allan Maltha ^a,b   Laurberg, Søren ^a   Hermann, Anne Pernille ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anorectal function; Anus physiology; Clinical study; Fecal incontinence etiology; Pelvic floor function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; PUDENDAL NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANAL CANAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFECATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; PERINEUM; PREMENOPAUSE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031936868     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02237490     Document Type: Article

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