Urinary incontinence among group fitness instructors including yoga and pilates teachers

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 370-373

  Bø, Kari ^a   Bratland Sanda, Solfrid ^a   Sundgot Borgen, Jorunn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fitness; Group training; Pilates; Prevalence; Urinary leakage; YOGA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS ON INCONTINENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SNEEZING; TEACHER; URINE INCONTINENCE; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEACHING; URINARY INCONTINENCE; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952741413     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.21006     Document Type: Article

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