Predicting women at risk for developing obstetric fistula: a fistula index?
A simple antenatal measurement of intertuberous space could screen those women at higher risk of needing medical intervention to prevent OF.
The results of this study indicate that the positive clinical effects of medially directed therapeutic tape are not due to changes in EMG amplitude of the vasti muscle. Thus other effects such as changes in timing of contraction of the vasti are more likely candidates for the mechanism of efficacy.