Effect of antenatal pelvic floor muscle training on labor and birth

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1279-1284

  Bø, Kari ^a   Fleten, Caroline ^b   Nystad, Wenche ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACUUM EXTRACTION; BIRTH; INJURY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LABOR COMPLICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARTURITION; PELVIC FLOOR; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649410557     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181a66f40     Document Type: Article

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