Determining the displacement of the pelvic floor and pelvic organs during voluntary contractions using magnetic resonance imaging in younger and older women

BJU International

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 408-414

  Constantinou, C E ^a,c   Hvistendahl, G ^b   Ryhammer, A ^b   Nagel, L L ^b   Djurhuus, J C ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Inst of Exp Clinical Research   (Denmark)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Anatomy; MRI; Muscle function; Pelvic floor; Women

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; VAGINA;

EID: 0036965712     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02907.x     Document Type: Article

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