Urinary incontinence and pelvic floor dysfunction in Asian-American women
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Pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women.
BACKGROUND Pelvic floor muscle training is the most commonly recommended physical therapy treatment for women with stress leakage of urine. It is also used in the treatment of women with mixed incontinence, and less commonly for urge incontinence. Adjuncts, such as biofeedback or electrical stimulation, are also commonly used with pelvic floor muscle training. The content of pelvic floor muscle...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0002-9378
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.03.052