Women’s pelvic floor muscle strength and urinary and anal incontinence after childbirth: a cross-sectional study
Abstract OBJECTIVE To analyse pelvic floor muscle strength (PFMS) and urinary and anal incontinence (UI and AI) in the postpartum period. METHOD Cross-sectional study carried out with women in their first seven months after child birth. Data were collected through interviews, perineometry (Peritro...
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Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
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Series: | Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP |
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Online Access: | http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342017000100416&lng=en&tlng=en |