Does biofeedback improve the efficacy of pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation for urinary incontinence or overactive bladder dysfunction in women?

J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs

WOCN Center for Clinical Investigation, Department of Urology, and School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.

Published: July 2007

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