Interventions for treating urinary incontinence after stroke in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2019, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

  Thomas, Lois H ^a   Coupe, Jacqueline ^a   Cross, Lucy D ^a   Tan, Aidan L ^b   Watkins, Caroline L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYBUTYNIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HEAT CRAMP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MOXIBUSTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN IRRITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STROKE REHABILITATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 85060921907     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004462.pub4     Document Type: Review

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