Female urinary incontinence rehabilitation;La riabilitazione dell'incontinenza urinaria femminile

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-369

  Di Benedetto, P ^a,b  

^a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pelvic floor; Rehabilitation; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLADDER RETRAINING; BLADDER TRAINING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE TRAINING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIC FLOOR REHABILITATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS FLOOR MUSCLE EXERCISE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL CONE;

BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 4744359327     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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