Face validity and reliability of the first digital assessment scheme of pelvic floor muscle function conform the new standardized terminology of the international continence society

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-300

  Slieker ten Hove, M C P ^a,b   Pool Goudzwaard, A L ^a,b   Eijkemans, M J C ^a   Steegers Theunissen, R P M ^a   Burger, C W ^a   Vierhout, M E ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Cobra Research Institute ^*  (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Pelvic floor; Pelvic floor muscle function; Pelvic floor musculature; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MULTIPARA; NOMENCLATURE; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMIPARA; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUGH; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PELVIC FLOOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; URINARY INCONTINENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649968486     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20659     Document Type: Article

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