Rectal tone, distensibility, and perception: Reproducibility and response to different distensions

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 3 37-3, 1998, Pages

  Hammer, H F ^a,b   Phillips, S F ^a   Camilleri, M ^a   Hanson, R B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Rectal barostat; Rectal compliance; Rectal sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; COLON DILATATION; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

EID: 0031943330     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.274.3.g584     Document Type: Article

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