Pelvic muscle activity in nulliparous volunteers

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-275

  Peschers, Ursula M ^a,e   Voduek, David B ^b   Fanger, Gabi ^a   Schaer, Gabriel N ^a   Delancey, John O L ^c   Schuessler, Bernhard ^d  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinesiological EMG; Nulliparous; Pelvic floor function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER NECK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PALPATION; PELVIS; PELVIS FLOOR; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; REFERENCE VALUES; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0035036718     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.1004     Document Type: Article

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