A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of pelvic floor therapies for urodynamic stress and mixed incontinence

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1043-1050

  Williams, Kate S ^a   Assassa, R Phil ^b   Gillies, Clare L ^a   Abrams, Keith R ^a   Turner, David A ^a   Shaw, Christine ^c   Haslam, Jeanette ^d   Mayne, Christopher ^e   McGrother, Catherine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pelvic floor exercises; Randomized controlled trial; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINARY FREQUENCY; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA CONE THERAPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33749542244     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06484.x     Document Type: Article

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