Pelvic floor function in patients with clinically complete spinal cord injury and its relation to constipation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 778-786

  De Looze, D A ^a   De Muynck, M C ^a   Van Laere, M ^a   De Vos, M M ^a   Elewaut, A G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Constipation; Pelvic floor function; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CONSTIPATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PELVIC FLOOR; RECTUM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0031860266     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236269     Document Type: Article

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