Evidence-Based Physical Therapy for the Pelvic Floor - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition

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1. OVERVIEW OF PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION
Kari Bø

2. CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS AND SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS OF THE EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY INTERVENTIONS FOR THE PELVIC FLOOR
Rob Herbert

3. FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE PELVIC FLOOR
James A Ashton-Miller, John OL DeLancey

4. NEUROANATOMY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES
David B Vodušek

5.1 Introduction
Kari Bø

5.2 Visual observation and palpation
Kari Bø

5.3 Electromyography
David B Vodušek

5.4 Vaginal squeeze pressure measurement
Kari Bø

5.5 Pelvic floor dynamometry
Chantale Dumoulin, Mélanie Morin

5.6 Urethral pressure measurements
Mohammed Belal, Paul Abrams

5.7 Ultrasound in the assessment of PFM and pelvic organ descent
Hans Peter Dietz

5.8 MRI of intact and injured female pelvic floor muscles
John OL DeLancey, James A Ashton-Miller

6.1 Motor learning
Kari Bø, Siv Mørkved

6.2 Strength training
Kari Bø, Arve Aschehoug

7.1 Female stress urinary incontinence
Prevalence, causes and pathophysiology
Jacques Corcos
Lifestyle interventions
Pauline Chiarelli
Bladder training
Jean F Wyman
Pelvic floor muscle training for SUI
Kari Bø
Electrical stimulation for SUI
Bary Berghmans

7.2 Female overactive bladder
Pelvic floor muscle training for overactive bladder
Kari Bø
Electrical stimulation for overactive bladder
Bary Berghmans

7.3 Urinary incontinence related to the peripartum period
Siv Mørkved, Kari Bø

7.4 Pelvic organ prolapse
Clinical assessment of pelvic organ prolapse
Matthew D Barber
Use of pessaries to prevent and treat pelvic organ prolapse
Patricia Neumann
Pelvic floor muscle training in prevention and treatment of pelvic organ prolapse
Kari Bø, Helena Frawley

7.5 Female sexual dysfunction
Assessment
Alessandra Graziottin
Treatment
Alessandra Graziottin, Dania Gambini

8.1 Urinary incontinence and other lower urinary tract symptoms
Marijke Van Kampen, Inge Geraerts

8.2 Male sexual dysfunction
Grace Dorey

9.1 Anal incontinence
Epidemiology, anatomy and pathophysiology, and risk factors
Bary Berghmans, Esther Bols, Ylva Sahlin, Espen Berner
Assessment of the nature and severity of AI
Bary Berghmans, Esther Bols
Conservative interventions for treatment of AI
Bary Berghmans, Esther Bols

9.2 Pelvic floor pain and the overactive pelvic floor
Helena Frawley

10. EVIDENCE FOR PELVIC FLOOR PHYSICAL THERAPY IN CHILDREN
Wendy F Bower

11. PELVIC FLOOR PHYSICAL THERAPY IN THE ELDERLY: WHERE’S THE EVIDENCE?
Adrian Wagg

12. EVIDENCE FOR PELVIC FLOOR PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE
Marijke Van Kampen, Inge Geraerts

13. PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT IN ELITE ATHLETES
Kari Bø

14. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES
Bary Berghmans, Erik Hendricks, Nol Bernards, Rob de Bie