Stress urinary incontinence in women: Removing the barriers to exercise

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-52

  Elia, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 3 West Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AGING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0032893997     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.1999.01.644     Document Type: Review

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