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Kari Bø is affiliated with the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Norway. Their research work spans a significant number of publications, primarily within the broad field of Medicine. Specifically, their contributions focus on subfields such as Rheumatology, Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Urology, and Epidemiology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Pregnancy-related medical research
  • Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
  • Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
  • Hernia repair and management
  • Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management

Kari Bø has published extensively in several specialized venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • International Urogynecology Journal (18 publications)
  • Journal of physiotherapy (8 publications)
  • Continence (8 publications)
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine (7 publications)
  • European Urology (5 publications)

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "European Association of Urology Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Female Non-neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. Part 1: Diagnostics, Overactive Bladder, Stress Urinary Incontinence, and Mixed Urinary Incontinence," 2022, European Urology
  • "ACOG Committee Opinion No. 804: Physical Activity and Exercise During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period," 2021, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Physiotherapy management of urinary incontinence in females," 2020, Journal of physiotherapy
  • "Female athlete health domains: a supplement to the International Olympic Committee consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport," 2023, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "i-CONTENT tool for assessing therapeutic quality of exercise programs employed in randomised clinical trials," 2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine

Kari Bø collaborates with a number of researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Marie Ellström Engh (22 publications together)
  • Franziska Siafarikas (12 publications together)
  • Cristine Homsi Jorge Ferreira (11 publications together)
  • Arjun Nambiar (7 publications together)
  • Salvador Arlandis (7 publications together)

Best Publications

  • The standardization of terminology of female pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic floor dysfunction

    Richard C. Bump;Anders Mattiasson;Kari Bø;Linda P. Brubaker

  • Single blind, randomised controlled trial of pelvic floor exercises, electrical stimulation, vaginal cones, and no treatment in management of genuine stress incontinence in women

    Kari Bø;Trygve Talseth;Ingar Holme

  • Evaluation of Female Pelvic-Floor Muscle Function and Strength

    Kari Bø;Margaret Sherburn

  • Standardization of terminology of pelvic floor muscle function and dysfunction: Report from the pelvic floor clinical assessment group of the International Continence Society

    Bert Messelink;Thomas Benson;Bary Berghmans;Kari Bø

  • An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for the conservative and nonpharmacological management of female pelvic floor dysfunction

    Kari Bo;Helena C. Frawley;Bernard T. Haylen;Yoram Abramov

  • Pelvic Floor Muscle Training is Effective in Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence, but how Does it Work?

    K. Bo

  • Pelvic floor muscle training during pregnancy to prevent urinary incontinence: a single-blind randomized controlled trial.

    Siv Mørkved;Kari Bø;Berit Schei;Kjell Åsmund Salvesen

  • Pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women

    Jean Hay‐Smith;Kari Bo;Bary Berghmans;Erik Hendriks

  • Pelvic floor muscle exercise for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: III. Effects of two different degrees of pelvic floor muscle exercises

    Kari Bø;Rolf H. Hagen;Bernt Kvarstein;Jan Jørgensen

  • Urinary Incontinence, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Exercise and Sport

    Kari Bø

  • Vaginal palpation of pelvic floor muscle strength: inter-test reproducibility and comparison between palpation and vaginal squeeze pressure

    Kari Bø;Hanne Borg Finckenhagen

  • Pelvic floor muscle exercise for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: II. Validity of vaginal pressure measurements of pelvic floor muscle strength and the necessity of supplementary methods for control of correct contraction

    Kari Bø;Bernt Kvarstein;Rolf R. Hagen;Stig Larsen

  • Effect of pelvic floor muscle training during pregnancy and after childbirth on prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence: a systematic review

    Siv Mørkved;Kari Bø

  • Reliability of pelvic floor muscle strength assessment using different test positions and tools

    Helena C. Frawley;Mary. Galea;Beverley. Phillips;Margaret. Sherburn

  • Prevalence and risk factors of diastasis recti abdominis from late pregnancy to 6 months postpartum, and relationship with lumbo-pelvic pain.

    Patrícia Gonçalves Fernandes da Mota;Augusto Gil Brites Andrade Pascoal;Ana Isabel Andrade Dinis Carita;Kari Bø

  • Prevalence of urinary incontinence during pregnancy and postpartum.

    S. Mørkved;K. Bø

  • Can Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Reverse Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Reduce Prolapse Symptoms? An Assessor-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Ingeborg Hoff Brækken;Memona Majida;Marie Ellström Engh;Marie Ellström Engh;Kari Bø

  • Diastasis recti abdominis during pregnancy and 12 months after childbirth: prevalence, risk factors and report of lumbopelvic pain

    Jorun Bakken Sperstad;Merete Kolberg Tennfjord;Gunvor Hilde;Marie Ellström-Engh

  • Pelvic floor muscle training in treatment of female stress urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and sexual dysfunction

    Kari Bø

  • Effect of adding biofeedback to pelvic floor muscle training to treat urodynamic stress incontinence.

    Siv Mørkved;Kari Bø;Torill Fjørtoft

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary P. Galea
Mary P. Galea University of Melbourne
Robert D. Herbert
Robert D. Herbert Neuroscience Research Australia
Karim M. Khan
Karim M. Khan University of British Columbia
Wendy J. Brown
Wendy J. Brown University of Queensland
Renato Natal Jorge
Renato Natal Jorge University of Porto
Kelly R. Evenson
Kelly R. Evenson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kathryn L. Burgio
Kathryn L. Burgio University of Alabama at Birmingham
Thor Aspelund
Thor Aspelund University of Iceland
Berit Schei
Berit Schei Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Paul Abrams
Paul Abrams Southmead Hospital

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