How well can pelvic floor muscles with major defects contract? A cross-sectional comparative study 6 weeks after delivery using transperineal 3D/4D ultrasound and manometer

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1423-1429

  Hilde, G ^a,b   Staer Jensen J ^b   Siafarikas, F ^b,c   Gjestland, K ^b   Ellstrom Engh M ^b,c   Bo K ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Levator ani defects; muscle endurance; muscle strength; pelvic floor muscles; vaginal delivery; vaginal resting pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE DEFECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

LEVATOR ANI DEFECTS; MUSCLE ENDURANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VAGINAL RESTING PRESSURE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARTURITION; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD;

EID: 84883893006     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12321     Document Type: Article

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