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01-11-2009 | Book Review

Kari Bø, Bary Berghmans, Siv Mørkved, Marijke Van Kampen (eds): Evidence-Based Physical Therapy for the Pelvic Floor: Bridging Science and Clinical Practice

Elsevier 2007, 435 pp, paperback, £39.99, ISBN 978-0-443-10146-5

Author: Sharif I. M. F. Ismail

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 11/2009

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This book gives an idea about pelvic floor muscle training in its wider context as it is applied to different disorders related to pelvic floor dysfunction. It starts with a philosophical vision of the role of pelvic floor physical therapy and a practical account of evidence-based medicine that explains how it is used to assess available literature in the rest of the book. This is followed by applied anatomy of the pelvic floor, giving special attention to continence mechanism and how this is disturbed in patients with incontinence and helped with physical therapy. The neural control of various pelvic floor functions is outlined with emphasis on neuromuscular injury. …

Title: Kari Bø, Bary Berghmans, Siv Mørkved, Marijke Van Kampen (eds): Evidence-Based Physical Therapy for the Pelvic Floor: Bridging Science and Clinical Practice
Elsevier 2007, 435 pp, paperback, £39.99, ISBN 978-0-443-10146-5
Author: Sharif I. M. F. Ismail
Publication date: 01-11-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 11/2009
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-009-0921-y

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Kari Bø, Bary Berghmans, Siv Mørkved, Marijke Van Kampen (eds): Evidence-Based Physical Therapy for the Pelvic Floor: Bridging Science and Clinical Practice

Elsevier 2007, 435 pp, paperback, £39.99, ISBN 978-0-443-10146-5

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