Assessment of pelvic floor movement using transabdominal and transperineal ultrasound

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-292

  Thompson, Judith A ^a   O'Sullivan, Peter B ^a   Briffa, Kathy ^a   Neumann, Patricia ^b   Court, Sarah ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Attadale Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bladder neck measurement; Pelvic floor muscles; Reliability; Transabdominal ultrasound; Transperineal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PALPATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 27244446198     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-005-1308-3     Document Type: Article

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