Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
kegel Audio
ke·gel [ key-guhl ]
Definitions related to kegel exercises:
  • An exercise to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, in which the levator muscles are squeezed and held, then released, for a number of repetitions.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (pelvic muscle exercise) Strengthening and training the levator ani and urogenital muscles through voluntary, repetitive contraction to decrease stress, urge, or mixed types of urinary incontinence
    Nursing Interventions Classification
    University of Iowa, 2007
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