Pelvic floor muscle exercises may improve female sexual function

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-

  Ma, Yanlei ^a   Qin, Huanlong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIS; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIS; SEXUALITY;

EID: 57749200278     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.09.026     Document Type: Letter

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