Is the sexual satisfaction of postmenopausal women enhanced by physical exercise and pelvic floor muscle training?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 218-223

  Lara, Lúcia Alves da Silva ^a   Montenegro, Mary Lourdes ^a   Franco, Maíra Menezes ^a   Abreu, Daniela Cristina Carvalho ^a   Rosa e Silva, Ana Carolina Japur de Sá ^a   Ferreira, Cristine Homsi Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Menopause; Pelvic Floor Muscles; Physical Exercise; Sexual Function; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOOD; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXFORD MODIFIED GRADING SCALE; PALPATION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL EXERCISE PROTOCOL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL QUOTIENT FEMALE VERSION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL BIMANUAL PALPATION;

EID: 84855351232     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02516.x     Document Type: Article

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