Postpartum pelvic floor muscle training and urinary incontinence: A randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1231-1238

  Hilde, Gunvor ^a   Stær Jensen, Jette ^a   Siafarikas, Franziska ^a   Ellström Engh, Marie ^a   Bø, Kari ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EFFECT SIZE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE DEFECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE DISEASE; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84889248123     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000012     Document Type: Article

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