Pelvic Floor Education After Vaginal Delivery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 673-677

  Meyer, S ^a   Hohlfeld, P ^a   Achtari, C ^a   De Grandi, P ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VAGINA;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; VAGINA;

EID: 0035344454     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-200105000-00006     Document Type: Article

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