Electrical stimulation of the pelvic floor versus vaginal cone therapy for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence;Eletroestimulação funcional do assoalho pélvico versus terapia com os cones vaginais para o tratamento de incontinência urinária de esforço

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 447-452

  Santos, Patrícia Fernandes Diniz ^a   Oliveira, Emerson ^a   Zanetti, Miriam Raquel Diniz ^a   Arruda, Raquel Martins ^a   Sartori, Marair Gracio Ferreira ^a   Girão, Manoel João Batista Castello ^a   Castro, Rodrigo Aquino ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation therapy methods; Exercise therapy instrumentation; Pelvic floor physiology; Quality of life; Urinary incontinence, stress therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS FLOOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VAGINA;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; VAGINA;

EID: 70350680373     PISSN: 01007203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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