Relations between pregnancy-related low back pain, pelvic floor activity and pelvic floor dysfunction

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 468-474

  Pool Goudzwaard, Annelies L ^a,c   Slieker ten Hove, Marijke C P H ^a   Vierhout, Mark E ^a   Mulder, Paul H ^a   Pool, Jan J M ^b,c   Snijders, Chris J ^a   Stoeckart, Rob ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Medical Center Impact   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Pelvic floor dysfunction; Pelvic floor muscles; Pelvic pain; Sacroiliac joint; Urine incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION DISORDER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 27744469811     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-005-1292-7     Document Type: Article

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