Effects of a magnetic field on pelvic floor muscle function in women with stress urinary incontinence

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 70-72

  Bergman, Jonathan ^a   Robertson, Jack R ^b   Elia, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; CYSTOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; TIME FACTORS; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 2442487992     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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