Strength-duration testing of the external anal sphincter in females with anorectal dysfunction

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-90

  Mills, P M ^a   Hosker, G L ^b   Kiff, E S ^c   Smith, A R B ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denervation; External anal sphincter; Strength duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE ENDING; PUDENDAL NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFECATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARITY; REACTION TIME; RECTAL DISEASES; SENSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036144918     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6118-z     Document Type: Article

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