Evaluation of the dynamic responses of female pelvic floor using a novel vaginal probe

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1101, Issue , 2007, Pages 297-315

  Constantinou, Chris E ^a   Omata, Sadao ^b   Yoshimura, Yasukuni ^c   Peng, Qiyu ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder; Incontinence; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIOSENSOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; MECHANICAL PROBE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRENGTH; TIME; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PELVIC FLOOR; PILOT PROJECTS; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA;

EID: 34250654935     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1389.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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