Is there any difference in measurement of pelvic floor muscle strength in supine and standing position?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1120-1124

  Bø, Kari ^a   Finckenhagen, Hanne Borg ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Baeærum Trim og Fysioterapi   (Norway)

Author keywords

Function; Lying; Measurement; Pelvic floor muscles; Position; Standing; Strength; Supine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; MIXED INCONTINENCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIS FLOOR; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUPINE POSITION; VAGINA;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTURE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPINE POSITION; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0344084266     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0412.2003.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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