Constriction of the levator hiatus during instruction of pelvic floor or transversus abdominis contraction: A 4D ultrasound study

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-32

  Bø, Kari ^a   Brækken, Ingeborg H ^a   Majida, Memona ^b   Engh, Marie E ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Levator hiatus; Pelvic floor muscles; Transversus abdominis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LEVATOR HIATUS CONSTRICTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS CONTRACTION;

EID: 57549100003     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-008-0719-3     Document Type: Article

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