Impact of supervised physiotherapeutic pelvic floor exercises for treating female stress urinary incontinence

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 265-269

  Zanetti, Míriam Raquel Diniz ^a,b   Castro, Rodrigo de Aquino ^a   Rotta, Adriana Lyvio ^a   dos Santos, Patrícia Diniz ^a   Sartori, Marair ^a   Girão, Manoel João Batista Castello ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exercise; Pelvic floor; Physical therapy (Specialty); Rehabilitation; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 38049153338     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802007000500003     Document Type: Article

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