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Performing high-level sport is strongly associated with urinary incontinence in elite athletes: a comparative study of 372 elite female athletes and 372 controls

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  • Alice Carvalhais Department of Physiotherapy, CESPU, North Polytechnic Institute of Health, Paredes, Portugal Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Porto, Portugal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Renato Natal Jorge Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Porto, Portugal Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kari Bø Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Alice Carvalhais, Department of Physiotherapy, CESPU, North Polytechnic Institute of Health, Rua Central de Gandra, 1317, 4585-116 Gandra, Paredes, Portugal; acarvalhais{at}gmail.com
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Carvalhais A, Natal Jorge R, Bø K
Performing high-level sport is strongly associated with urinary incontinence in elite athletes: a comparative study of 372 elite female athletes and 372 controls
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018;52:1586-1590.

Publication history

  • Accepted April 16, 2017
  • First published June 22, 2017.
Online issue publication 
October 11, 2022

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