Are Fatigue and Disturbances in Pre-Programmed Activity of Pelvic Floor Muscles Associated with Female Stress Urinary Incontinence?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-147

  Verelst, M ^a   Leivseth, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

External oblique; Fatigue; Pelvic floor; Pre activation time; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VAGINA;

ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 1542303622     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20004     Document Type: Article

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