Effect of straining on perineal muscles and their role in perineal support: Identification of the straining-perineal reflex

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 162-167

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,c   El Sibai, Olfat ^b   Shafik, Ali A ^a   Ahmed, Ismail ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Enterocele; Perineocele; Prolapse; Sigmoidocele; Superficial and deep transverse perineal muscles

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MANOMETRY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0042349551     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4804(03)00125-2     Document Type: Article

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