The reliability of measurements of pelvic floor muscle strength using a vaginal balloon catheter connected to a pressure transducer was tested in 28 healthy women, mean age 32.3 years (21-50). Fourteen women (group 1) performed three pelvic floor muscle contractions in three series with reinstallat
Pelvic floor muscle exercise for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: III. Effects of two different degrees of pelvic floor muscle exercises
✍ Scribed by Kari Bø; Rolf H. Hagen; Bernt Kvarstein; Jan Jørgensen; Stig Larsen; Kathryn L. Burgio
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 858 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0733-2467
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