Can women correctly contract their pelvic floor muscles without formal instruction?

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-12

  Henderson, Joseph Welles ^a   Wang, Siqing ^a   Egger, Marlene J ^a   Masters, Maria ^a   Nygaard, Ingrid ^a  

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

Author keywords

Kegel exercise; Pelvic floor muscles; Pelvic organ prolapse; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; MUSCLE; UROLOGY;

COMMUNITY-BASED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; KEGEL EXERCISE; MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIMARY CARE; SEVERITY INDEX; STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

FLOORS;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873628361     PISSN: 21518378     EISSN: 21544212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e31827ab9d0     Document Type: Article

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