Vaginal pressure during lifting, floor exercises, jogging, and use of hydraulic exercise machines

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1481-1489

  O'Dell, Katharine K ^a   Morse, Abraham N ^a   Crawford, Sybil L ^a   Howard, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cough pressure; Exercise; Prolapse; Vaginal pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COUGHING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; JOGGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 35948929102     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-007-0387-8     Document Type: Article

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