Prevalence of diastasis recti abdominis in the population of young multiparous adults in Turkey

Ginekologia Polska

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 817-821

  Turan, Volkan ^a   Colluoglu, Cagdas ^a   Turkyilmaz, Esengul ^a   Korucuoglu, Umit ^a  

^a Mus Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diastasis recti abdominis; Multiparity; Pelvic floor dysfunction

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455163860     PISSN: 00170011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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