Contribution of pelvic floor muscles to stiffness of the pelvic ring

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 564-571

  Pool Goudzwaard, Annelies ^a,b   Hoek Van Dijke, Gilbert ^a   Van Gurp, Marcel ^a   Mulder, Paul ^a   Snijders, Chris ^a   Stoeckart, Rob ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Center Impact   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Force closure; Low back pain; Mobility; Overactivity; Pelvic floor muscles; Pelvic pain; Sacroiliac joint; Urine incontinence

Indexed keywords

BONE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; STIFFNESS;

PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC RING;

BIOMECHANICS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PELVIS FLOOR; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CADAVER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PELVIC BONES; PELVIC FLOOR; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SACROILIAC JOINT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE;

EID: 3242714843     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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