Towards evidence based practice in pelvic floor physiotherapy
Voorham-van der Zalm, P.J.
Citation
Voorham-van der Zalm, P. J. (2008, February 6). Towards evidence based practice in pelvic floor physiotherapy. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/12590
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Towards evidence based practice in pelvic floor physiotherapy
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. P.F. van der Heijden,
volgens het besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 6 februari 2008
klokke 11.15 uur
door
Pieternella Johanna Voorham – van der Zalm
geboren te Delft in 1955
Promotiecommissie
Promotor: Prof. Dr. A.A.B. Lycklama à Nijeholt Co-promotor: Dr. R.C.M. Pelger
Referent: Prof. Dr. Ph.E.V.A. van Kerrebroek (AZM, Maastricht) Overige leden: Prof. Dr. A.M. Stiggelbout
Dr. M.C. de Ruiter
Prof. Dr. M.E. Vierhout (UMC St.Radboud, Nijmegen)
The studies presented in this thesis were performed at the Department of Urology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands. The studies of this thesis were initiated by the Pelvic Floor & Sexuality Research Group Leiden and supported by an unrestricted grant of Pfizerand Stichting Amsterdam 98.
The printing of this thesis was financially supported by Astellas Pharma BV, Astra Zeneca, B-K Medical, Novartis Pharma BV, Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Fysiotherapie, Pfizer BV
Aan John, Martijn en Jeroen Aan mijn vader † en moeder
Aan Hans Delemarre †
Contents
Chapter 1 General introduction 1 Chapter 2 Development and Validation of the Pelvic Floor Inventories Leiden 15
(PelFIs).
Neurourology & Urodynamics; accepted August 2007;
Chapter 3 How reliable is a Self-administered Questionnaire in Detecting Sexual 31 Abuse: A Retrospective Study in Patients with Pelvic-Floor Complaints
and a Review of Literature
The Journal of Sexual Medicine; Vol. 4 Issue 4i Page 956 July 2007
Chapter 4 Diagnostic Investigation of the Pelvic Floor: a helpful tool in the 49 approach in patients with complaints of micturition, defecation and/or
sexual dysfunction.
The Journal of Sexual Medicine, accepted September 2007
Chapter 5 Placement of probes in electro stimulation and biofeedback training 67 in pelvic floor dysfunction
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2006; 85: 850-855
Chapter 6 Effects of magnetic stimulation in the treatment of pelvic floor 85 dysfunction.
BJU Int 2006; 97: 1035-8
Chapter 7 Simultaneous Sacral and Tibial Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve 99 Stimulation: urodynamic evaluation
Current Urology; Accepted July 2007
Chapter 8 Acute effect of one single application of intravaginal electrostimulation 111 on urodynamic parameters in patients with the overactive bladder
syndrome Submitted
Chapter 9 Summary and general discussion 123
Chapter 10 Samenvatting en conclusies 133
Appendices A: Anamneselijst vrouw 141
B: Anamneselijst man Curiculum Vitae
