Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength and Response to Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Stress Urinary Incontinence

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 654-658

  Bo K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Exercise; Maximal strength; Muscle strength increase; Pelvic floor muscles; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIS FLOOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PRESSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0242655924     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.10153     Document Type: Article

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