Pelvic floor muscle function in a general population of women with and without pelvic organ prolapse

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-319

  Slieker Ten Hove, Marijke ^a,c   Pool Goudzwaard, Annelies ^a   Eijkemans, Marinus ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Regine ^a   Burger, Curt ^a   Vierhout, Mark ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Softwareweg 5   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intra abdominal pressure; Involuntary contraction; Pelvic floor muscle function; Pelvic floor musculature; Pelvic organ prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 76649102733     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-009-1037-0     Document Type: Article

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