Effect of electromyographic biofeedback as an add-on to pelvic floor muscle exercises on neuromuscular outcomes and quality of life in postmenopausal women with stress urinary incontinence: A randomized controlled trial

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 2142-2147

  Bertotto, Adriane ^a,b   Schvartzman, Renata ^a   Uchôa, Silvana ^c   Wender, Maria Celeste Osório ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Mestrado em Avaliacao de Impactos Ambientais em Mineracao Victor Barreto   (Brazil)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

physiotherapy; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOELECTRICITY; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BIOFEEDBACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 85019614371     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.23258     Document Type: Article

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