Group treatment of female urinary incontinence: Literature review

Physiotherapy

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 226-234

  Cook, Teresa ^a  

^a JAMES PAGET UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group treatment; Groups; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLADDER MUSCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0035008321     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)60783-3     Document Type: Article

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