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Postoperative activity restrictions: any evidence?

Larissa F LF Weir, Ingrid E IE Nygaard, Jason J Wilken, Debra D Brandt, and Kathleen F KF Janz

Obstet Gynecol 107(2 Pt 1):305-9 (2006) PMID 16449116

Because of a widespread but untested belief that increased intra-abdominal pressure contributes to pelvic floor disorders, physicians commonly restrict various activities postoperatively. Our aim was to describe intra-abdominal pressures during common physical activities.

DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000197069.57873.d6
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