Electrical stimulation of the urethra evokes bladder contractions and emptying in spinal cord injury men: Case studies

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-321

  Kennelly, Michael J ^a   Bennett, Maria E ^b   Grill, Warren M ^c   Grill, Julie H ^b   Boggs, Joseph W ^b  

^a Carolinas Rehabilitation   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Neurogenic bladder; Oxybutynin; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

OXYBUTYNIN;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FALLING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; MALE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PROSTATE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URETHRA; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 79958009966     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772311Y.0000000012     Document Type: Article

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