Influence of Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction on the Profile of Vaginal Closure Pressure in Continent and Stress Urinary Incontinent Women

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1917-1922

  Shishido, Keiichi ^a,c   Peng, Qiyu ^c   Jones, Ruth ^c,d   Omata, Sadao ^b   Constantinou, Christos E ^c  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

pelvic floor; stress; urethra; urinary incontinence; urodynamics; vagina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VAGINA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; PRESSURE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINATION; VAGINA;

EID: 41749123409     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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