The contractility of the urinary bladder can be adequately described in terms of the parameters P0 (isometric pressure) and Vmax (maximum contraction velocity). In about 12% of urodynamic evaluations of patients these clinically relevant parameters can be calculated from pressure and flow rate as measured during micturition. A method was developed of estimating Vmax for any micturition from these signals. The properties of this estimated contractility parameter were clinically tested and are discussed.

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Urological Research: a journal of clinical and laboratory investigation in urolithiasis and related areas
Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam

van Mastrigt, R. (1990). Estimation of the maximum contraction velocity of the urinary bladder from pressure and flow throughout micturition. Urological Research: a journal of clinical and laboratory investigation in urolithiasis and related areas, 149–154. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/14784