Biofeedback retraining in patients with functional constipation and paradoxical puborectalis contraction: Comparison of anal manometry and sphincter electromyography for feedback

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 889-895

  Glia, Abdulhakim ^a   Gylin, Meta ^a   Gullberg, Kjell ^a   Lindberg, Greger ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Constipation; Electromyography; Manometry; Random Allocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030860999     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02051194     Document Type: Article

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