Colonic motility in profoundly disabled people. A comparison of massage and laxative therapy in the management of constipation

Physiotherapy

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 178-183

  Emly, Marian ^a,d   Cooper, Simon ^b   Vail, Andy ^c  

^a LEEDS AND YORK PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d East Leeds Family Learning Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonic transit times; Constipation; Disability; Laxatives; Massage

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; LAXATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON MOTILITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MASSAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031922816     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)66021-X     Document Type: Article

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