Vaginal electrical stimulation of the pelvic floor: A randomized feasibility study in urinary incontinent elderly women

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1043-1048

  Spruijt, Johan ^a   Vierhout, Mark ^b   Verstraeten, Rob ^a   Janssens, Jannes ^a   Burger, Curt ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Urinary incontinence; Vaginal electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIS FLOOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0142240188     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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