Short-term efficacy of group pelvic floor training under intensive supervision versus unsupervised home training for female stress urinary incontinence: A randomized pilot study

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 486-491

  Konstantinidou, Eleni ^a   Apostolidis, Apostolos ^a,b   Kondelidis, Nikolaos ^a   Tsimtsiou, Zoi ^a   Hatzichristou, Dimitrios ^a   Ioannides, Evangelos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Exercise; Group; Pelvic floor training; Physiotherapy; Stress incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAGINA;

EID: 34447131454     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20380     Document Type: Article

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