The association between different measures of pelvic floor muscle function and female pelvic organ prolapse

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1777-1781

  Oversand, Sissel H ^a,b   Atan, Ixora Kamisan ^c,d   Shek, Ka Lai ^c,e   Dietz, Hans Peter ^c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pelvic floor muscle function; Pelvic organ prolapse; Translabial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDER; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLABIAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PALPATION; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949113921     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-015-2793-7     Document Type: Article

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