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01-08-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Response to comment on the IUGA/ICS joint report on the terminology for the conservative and nonpharmacological management of female pelvic floor dysfunction

Authors: Kari Bo, Helena C. Frawley, Bernard T. Haylen, Melanie Morin, Elizabeth Shelly

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 8/2017

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Talasz et al. [1] comment that the report “lacks relevant and well-established scientific findings regarding pelvic floor muscle (PFM) physiology and function accumulated over the past 15 years,” citing Hodges et al., Laycock et al., and Talasz et al. The authors do not explain how these references would fit into the report and further change the terminology. This Terminology Report [2] was a definitional document. A wide range of sources were accessed to identify the best definitions; in some cases, the Oxford Dictionary was used for “existing definitions of established terms from general medicine” [ 2]; however, it was not referred to as the “final authority,” as stated by Talasz et al. [1]. …

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Title: Response to comment on the IUGA/ICS joint report on the terminology for the conservative and nonpharmacological management of female pelvic floor dysfunction
Authors: Kari Bo
Helena C. Frawley
Bernard T. Haylen
Melanie Morin
Elizabeth Shelly
Publication date: 01-08-2017
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-017-3387-3

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