Test-Retest and intra-observer repeatability of two-, three- and four-dimensional perineal ultrasound of pelvic floor muscle anatomy and function

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-235

  Brækken, Ingeborg Hoff ^a   Majida, Memona ^b   Ellstrøm Engh, Marie ^b   Dietz, Hans Peter ^c   Umek, Wolfgang ^d   Bø, Kari ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cough; Huff; Levator hiatus dimensions; Pelvic floor muscle contraction; Pelvic floor muscle thickness; Reliability; Test retest; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COUGHING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 38049144152     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-007-0408-7     Document Type: Article

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