Pelvic floor exercises with biofeedback for stress urinary incontinence

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 462-468

  Capelini, Maria V ^a   Riccetto, Cassio L Z ^a,b   Dambros, Miriam ^a   Tamanini, Jose T ^a   Herrmann, Viviane ^a   Muller, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Pelvic floor; Physical therapy modalities; Stress; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MICTURITION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 33748936353     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-55382006000400015     Document Type: Article

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