Overactive bladder: Magnetic versus electrical stimulation

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 429-433

  Takahashi, Satoru ^a   Kitamura, Tadaichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Magnetic stimulation; Neuromudulation; Overactive bladder; Pelvic floor; Sacral nerve; Urge incontinence; Urinary frequency

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; NERVE ROOT; NEUROMODULATION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; PELVIC FLOOR; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0142216268     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200310000-00012     Document Type: Review

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