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01-12-2016 | Letter to the Editor

The pelvic floor muscle training manoeuvre works by increasing intraurethral resistance. Comment on “Influence of voluntary pelvic floor muscle contraction and pelvic floor muscle training on urethral closure pressures: a systematic literature review”

Author: Peter Emanuel Petros

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 12/2016

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In their article, the authors [1] raise two important questions. The first concerns the actual mechanism of the pelvic floor muscle training manoeuvre (PFTM): “squeezing.” In a 1997 study in IUJ, we performed video X-ray, EMG (probe in the posterior fornix), and bladder/urethral pressure studies in 20 patients with urinary stress incontinence (USI) and 4 normal patients [2]. …

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Title: The pelvic floor muscle training manoeuvre works by increasing intraurethral resistance. Comment on “Influence of voluntary pelvic floor muscle contraction and pelvic floor muscle training on urethral closure pressures: a systematic literature review”
Author: Peter Emanuel Petros
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 12/2016
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-016-3182-6

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