Cough anal reflex: Strict relationship between intravesical pressure and pelvic floor muscle electromyographic activity during cough. Urodynamic and electrophysiological study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-152

  Amarenco, Gerard ^a   Ismael, Samer Sheikh ^a   Lagauche, Denis ^a   Raibaut, Patrick ^a   Rene Corail, Patrick ^c   Wolff, Nicolas ^a   Thoumie, Philippe ^a   Haab, François ^b  

^a HÔPITAL ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^c Meynard Hospital   (Martinique)

Author keywords

Cough; Pelvic floor; Sacrum; Stress; reflex; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ANUS; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER PRESSURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINENCE; COUGHING; CYSTOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 10344241531     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000147305.00443.df     Document Type: Article

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