Feedback or biofeedback to augment pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women: Shortened version of a Cochrane systematic review

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 325-329

  Herderschee, Roselien ^a,b   Hay Smith, E C Jean ^b   Herbison, G Peter ^c   Roovers, Jan Paul ^a   Heineman, Maas Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

biofeedback; meta analysis; pelvic floor muscle training; systematic review; urinary incontinence; women

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIXED INCONTINENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA PAIN; VAGINAL DISCOMFORT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC FLOOR; PUBLICATION BIAS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84876406195     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.22329     Document Type: Review

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