The integrated continence system: A manual therapy approach to the treatment of stress urinary incontinence

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-386

  Grewar, Heather ^a   McLean, Linda ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Manual therapy; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MICTURITION; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; LOW BACK PAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 49149087406     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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