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Kari Bø
Researcher at Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Publications - 286
Citations - 14824
Kari Bø is an academic researcher from Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Urinary incontinence & Pelvic Floor Muscle. The author has an hindex of 63, co-authored 266 publications receiving 12452 citations. Previous affiliations of Kari Bø include American Physical Therapy Association & Akershus University Hospital.
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Evidence for benefit of transversus abdominis training alone or in combination with pelvic floor muscle training to treat female urinary incontinence: A systematic review.
TL;DR: Whether there is evidence for a synergistic co‐contraction between TrA and PFM in women with UI, whether TrA contraction is as effective, or more effective than PFMT in treating UI and whether there are evidence to recommend TrA training as an intervention strategy is discussed.
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Does it work in the long term?—A systematic review on pelvic floor muscle training for female stress urinary incontinence
Kari Bø,Gunvor Hilde +1 more
TL;DR: There is level 1, grade A evidence that pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is effective in treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), but long‐term outcome has been questioned.
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Does group training during pregnancy prevent lumbopelvic pain? A randomized clinical trial.
TL;DR: A 12‐week specially designed training program during pregnancy was effective in preventing lumbopelvic pain in pregnancy.
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Test-retest and intrarater reliability of 2-dimensional ultrasound measurements of distance between rectus abdominis in women.
TL;DR: Ultrasound imaging is a reliable method for measuring the interrectus distance at rest and during abdominal crunch and drawing-in exercises.
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The effect of postpartum pelvic floor muscle exercise in the prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence.
Siv Mørkved,Kari Bø +1 more
TL;DR: The results show that a specially designed postpartum pelvic floor muscle exercise course is effective in increasing pelvic floor Muscle strength and reducing urinary incontinence in the immediate post partum period.