Pelvic floor muscle training during pregnancy to prevent urinary incontinence: A single-blind randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 313-319

  Mørkved, Siv ^a,b,c   Bø, Kari ^a,b   Schei, Berit ^a,b   Salvesen, Kjell Åsmund ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Medisinsk Teknisk Forskningssenter ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NULLIPARA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0037311204     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02711-4     Document Type: Article

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