Pelvic floor stimulation: What are the good vibrations?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 405-410

  Lauper, Monika ^a   Kuhn, Annette ^a,c   Gerber, Regina ^a   Luginbühl, Helena ^b   Radlinger, Lorenz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c Zentrum für Urogynäkologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Correlation; Prospective; Sinusoidal; Stochastic; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PUERPERIUM; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VIBRATION;

EID: 67649968475     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20669     Document Type: Article

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