Effect of levator ani muscle contraction on urethrovesical and anorectal pressures and role of the muscle in urination and defecation

Urology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 193-196

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,c   El Sibai, Olfat ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; URETHRA PRESSURE; URODYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEFECATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINATION;

EID: 0034899265     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(01)01196-7     Document Type: Article

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