Effect of adding biofeedback to pelvic floor muscle training to treat urodynamic stress incontinence

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 730-739

  Mørkved, Siv ^a   Bø, Kari ^b   Fjørtoft, Toril ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0345029589     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02160-9     Document Type: Article

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