Evidence-Based Physical Therapy for the Pelvic Floor, 3rd Edition
Written by leading experts in this field, Evidence-Based Physical Therapy for the Pelvic Floor provides physiotherapists and other professionals with knowledge and confidence to bring the latest evidence-based approaches and treatment strategies for addressing pelvic floor dysfunction to their practice.
Fully updated and with a wealth of new information, this edition includes sections on devices and apps, gynecological cancer, sexual dysfunction, fistula, clinical use of EMG, anal incontinence and pain, as well as a discussion of sexualized violence by Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mugwege and his team.
Key Features
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- New and fully updated contents; new authors and new chapters provide contemporary evidence
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- Innovative practice guidelines supported by a sound evidence base
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- Color illustrations of pelvic floor anatomy and related neuroanatomy/neurophysiology
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- MRIs and ultrasounds showing normal and dysfunctional pelvic floor
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- Key summary boxes for easy navigation
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- Full color throughout
Author Information
By Kari Bo, Professor, PT, PhD, Exercise scientist, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway; Barry Bergmans, PhD, MSc, RPt, Epidemiologist and Researcher, Maastricht University Pelvic Care Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Siv Morkved, PT, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor and Senior Researcher, Department of Community Medicine & General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway and Marijke Van Kampen, PhD, Professor in Rehabilitation Science, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science, University Hospital GHB, Leuven, Belgium
