Assessment of pelvic floor muscle function after vaginal delivery: Clinical value of different tests

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-174

  Sartore, Andrea ^a   Pregazzi, Roberto ^a   Bortoli, Paolo ^a   Grimaldi, Eva ^a   Ricci, Giuseppe ^a   Guaschino, Secondo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delivery; Muscles; Pelvic floor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIS; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; STUDENT T TEST; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULAR DISEASES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PALPATION; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA;

EID: 0037348394     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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