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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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Can the Paula method facilitate co-contraction of the pelvic floor muscles?: a 4D ultrasound study
TL;DR: The Paula method did not facilitate PFM contraction and there was a significant reduction of the LH area and muscle length during P FM contraction, but not during contraction according to the Paula method.
Exercise and pregnancy in recreational and elite athletes: 2016 evidence summary from the IOC expert group meeting, Lausanne. Part 1-exercise in women planning pregnancy and those who are pregnant
Kari Bø,Raul Artal,Ruben Barakat,Wendy J. Brown,Gregory A.L. Davies,Michael J. Dooley,Kelly R. Evenson,Lene A.H. Haakstad,Karin Henriksson-Larsen,Bengt Kayser,Tarja I. Kinnunen,Tarja I. Kinnunen,Michelle F. Mottola,Ingrid Nygaard,Mireille N M van Poppel,Britt Stuge,Karim M. Khan +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic review of pregnancy-related guidelines on physical activity found similarities between recommendations from different countries, but noted that the guidelines differed in focus and did not include important topics such as prevalence and known risk factors for common pregnancyrelated diseases and complaints, and the role of exercise in preventing and treating them.
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Coital Incontinence and Vaginal Symptoms and the Relationship to Pelvic Floor Muscle Function in Primiparous Women at 12 Months Postpartum: A Cross‐Sectional Study
Merete Kolberg Tennfjord,Merete Kolberg Tennfjord,Gunvor Hilde,Jette Stær-Jensen,Franziska Siafarikas,Marie Ellström Engh,Kari Bø +6 more
TL;DR: Twelve-month postpartum coital incontinence was rare, whereas the prevalence of vaginal symptoms interfering with sexual life was more common, and women reporting "vagina feels loose or lax" had lower VRP, PFM strength, and endurance when compared with women without the symptom.
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Pelvic floor muscle training increases pelvic floor muscle strength more in post-menopausal women who are not using hormone therapy than in women who are using hormone therapy: a randomised trial
Flávia Ignácio Antônio,Robert D. Herbert,Kari Bø,Ana Carolina Japur de Sá Rosa-e-Silva,Lúcia Alves da Silva Lara,Maria Menenzes Franco,Cristine Homsi Jorge Ferreira +6 more
TL;DR: Pelvic floor muscle training increases pelvic floor muscle strength more in post-menopausal women who are not using hormone therapy than in Women who are using hormone Therapy: a randomised trial.
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Does episiotomy influence vaginal resting pressure, pelvic floor muscle strength and endurance, and prevalence of urinary incontinence 6 weeks postpartum?
TL;DR: Comparing vaginal resting pressure, pelvic floor muscle strength and endurance, and prevalence of urinary incontinence at 6 weeks postpartum, in women with and without lateral or mediolateral episiotomy is compared.