Inter-rater reliability of assessment of levator ani muscle strength and attachment to the pubic bone in nulliparous women

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-346

  Van Delft, K ^a   Schwertner Tiepelmann, N ^a   Thakar, R ^a   Sultan, A H ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agreement; clinical palpation; levator ani muscle avulsion; modified Oxford scale; prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PUBIC BONE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT; AGREEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PALPATION; HISTOLOGY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE AVULSION; METHODOLOGY; MODIFIED OXFORD SCALE; STATISTICS; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PUBIC BONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

AGREEMENT; CLINICAL PALPATION; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE AVULSION; MODIFIED OXFORD SCALE; PROLAPSE;

EID: 84881058440     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12426     Document Type: Article

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