Pelvic floor muscle contraction during a cough and decreased vesical neck mobility

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 255-260

  Miller, Janis M ^a,b   Perucchini, Daniele ^a,b   Carchidi, Lisa T ^a,b   Delancey, John O L ^a,b   Ashton Miller, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; REFERENCE VALUES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035147212     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(00)01132-7     Document Type: Article

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