Pelvic floor function in elite nulliparous athletes

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-85

  Kruger, J A ^a   Dietz, H P ^b   Murphy, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Pelvic floor; Translabial ultrasound; Women athletes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLADDER NECK; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MICTURITION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPINE POSITION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; BIOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34447542831     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4027     Document Type: Article

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