Conservative therapy for overactive bladder: Pelvic floor exercises

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 458-462

  Kwon, Christina ^a   Sand, Peter K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Overactive Bladder; Oxybutynin; Pelvic Floor; Pelvic Floor Muscle; Urinary Incontinence

Indexed keywords

BLADDER DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MICTURITION DISORDER; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS FLOOR; REVIEW;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC FLOOR; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 1842834280     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-002-0097-1     Document Type: Article

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