Increase in pelvic floor muscle activity after 12 weeks' training: A randomized prospective pilot study

Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1020-1023

  Aukee, Pauliina ^a,b,c,d   Immonen, Paula ^a,b,c,d   Penttinen, Jorma ^a,b,c,d   Laippala, Pekka ^a,b,c,d   Airaksinen, Olavi ^a,b,c,d  

^a Central Hospital of Middle Finland   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTPATIENT; PELVIS FLOOR; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0036899056     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)02125-8     Document Type: Article

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