Virtual reality rehabilitation as a treatment approach for older women with mixed urinary incontinence: A feasibility study

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 236-243

  Elliott, Valérie ^a,b   De Bruin, Eling D ^c   Dumoulin, Chantale ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c Institute for Human Movement Sciences and Sport   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

elderly; mixed urinary incontinence; pelvic floor muscle; virtual reality rehabilitation; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HOME PHYSIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MIXED INCONTINENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS FLOOR EXERCISE; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; SELF REPORT; URINE INCONTINENCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL REALITY REHABILITATION; EVALUATION STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84924584757     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.22553     Document Type: Article

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