Relationship between abdominal and pelvic floor muscle activation and intravaginal pressure during pelvic floor muscle contractions in healthy continent women

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 722-730

  Madill, Stéphanie J ^a   McLean, Linda ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Electromyography; Intravaginal pressure; Muscle activity; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; INTRAVAGINAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PRESSURE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; VAGINA;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; VAGINA;

EID: 33750614164     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20285     Document Type: Article

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