Is balance different in women with and without stress urinary incontinence?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-78

  Smith, Michelle D ^a   Coppieters, Michel W ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bladder; Electromyography; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PELVIC FLOOR; PROPRIOCEPTION; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 37849035650     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20476     Document Type: Article

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