Can biofeedback therapy improve anorectal function in fecal incontinence?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2360-2366

  Rao, Satish S C ^a,b   Welcher, Kimberly D ^a   Happel, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFECATION; EXERCISE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANAL CANAL; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029841709     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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