A United Kingdom-wide survey of physiotherapy practice in the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse

Physiotherapy

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Hagen, Suzanne ^a   Stark, Diane ^a   Cattermole, Deborah ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Female; Pelvic organ prolapse; Pelviv floor muscle training; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS INJURY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

EID: 1542713350     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(03)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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