Assessing pelvic floor during childbearing year

  • Published: 09 May 2008 15:22
  • Last Updated: 09 May 2008 16:43

Authors Gill Pearl, M Phil, Dip Dis Hum Comm, Reg MRCSLT, is speech and language therapist and project manager at PromoCon, Disabled Living Centre, Manchester; Julia H. Herbert, MCSP, Grad Dip Phys, is specialist continence physiotherapist at Bolton PCT and an independent practitioner.

Abstract Pearl, G., Herbert, J.H. (2008) Assessing pelvic floor during childbearing year. Nursing Times; 104, 18, 40–44.

PromoCon, a charity led by the Disabled Living Centre that focuses on the promotion of continence and management of incontinence, has developed a multiprofessional, multifaceted approach to managing pelvic floor dysfunction associated with pregnancy and childbirth.



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