Women's experiences of doing long-term pelvic floor muscle exercises for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse symptoms

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-271

  Hyland, Gail ^a   Hay Smith, Jean ^a,b   Treharne, Gareth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Family; Pelvic floormuscle exercise; Pelvic organ prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898840369     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-013-2202-z     Document Type: Article

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