The influence of pelvic muscle activation during vaginal delivery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 804-808

  Parente, Marco P ^a   Natal Jorge, Renato M ^b   Mascarenhas, Teresa ^b   Silva Filho, Agnaldo L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY POSITION; FETUS; FETUS MOVEMENT; HEAD; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PELVIC BONES; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77949897017     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181d534cd     Document Type: Article

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