Clinical usefulness of pelvic floor reeducation for men undergoing radical prostatectomy

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-43

  Pannek, Jürgen ^a   König, Jens E ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incontinence, prostatectomy; Pelvic muscle exercise; Physiotherapy, radical prostatectomy; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

TROSPIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE VOLUME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; TIME;

EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC FLOOR; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 18344378465     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082707     Document Type: Article

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