Exploring the association between lifetime physical activity and pelvic floor disorders: Study and design challenges

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 819-827

  Nygaard, Ingrid ^a   Shaw, Janet ^b   Egger, Marlene J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Pelvic floor disorders; Pelvic organ prolapse; Physical activity; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; WORK;

EID: 84861526025     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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