Levator function before and after childbirth

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-23

  Dietz, Hans Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth trauma; Childbirth; Levator muscle; Pelvic floor muscle; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LABOR; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NULLIPARA; PELVIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUERPERIUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1242330883     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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