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The distal urethral electrical conductance test: Standardisation of method and clinical reliability

Author(s) -

Mayne C. J.,

Hilton P.

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

neurourology and urodynamics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918

H-Index - 90

eISSN - 1520-6777

pISSN - 0733-2467

DOI - 10.1002/nau.1930070106

Subject(s) - medicine , urinary incontinence , reliability (semiconductor) , skin conductance , leakage (economics) , conductance , gold standard (test) , physical therapy , surgery , biomedical engineering , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , combinatorics , economics , macroeconomics

Urethral electrical conductance was recorded throughout standard exercise test in a group of 40 women with known urinary incontinence. Analysis of the results has shown it to be of little diagnostic value (sensitivity = 33%). It is, however, a sensitive means of detecting leakage (sensitivity = 97%), and a comparison of the total change in conductance during the exercise test with weighed perineal pads shows this parameter to be a reasonable index of the severity of leakage.

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