Effect of vaginal delivery on the external anal sphincter muscle innervation pattern evaluated by multichannel surface EMG: results of the multicentre study TASI-2

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1491-1499

  Cescon, Corrado ^a,h   Riva, Diego ^b   Začesta, Vita ^c   Drusany Starič, Kristina ^d   Martsidis, Konstantinos ^e   Protsepko, Olexander ^f   Baessler, Kaven ^g   Merletti, Roberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Clinica San Carlo   (Italy)

^c RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f Department of Neurosurgery   (Ukraine)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; External anal sphincter; Innervation zone; Multichannel sEMG; Vaginal birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPISIOTOMY; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANAL CANAL; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INJURIES; INNERVATION; LACERATION; MOTONEURON; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; PUERPERIUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRENATAL CARE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919791176     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-014-2375-0     Document Type: Article

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