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Assessment of detrusor contraction strength or contractility
Author(s) -
Griffiths Derek J.
Publication year - 1991
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.1930100102
Subject(s) - contractility , medicine , sophistication , contraction (grammar) , muscle contraction , sociology , social science
This paper is a review of the various methods that have been proposed to extract an assessment of the detrusor contraction strength or contractility from pressure/flow studies of voiding. Most of the methods are fundamentally similar, differing mainly in their degree of sophistication and ease of interpretation. Guidelines for choosing among them are suggested. Fundamental equations are given in the appendix.