Colonic transit time after spinal cord injury: Any clinical significance?

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-166

  Leduc, Bernard E ^a   Spacek, Elena ^a   Lepage, Yves ^b  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bisacodyl; Colon; Defecation; Docusate; Dysfunction; Paraplegia; Peristalsis; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; METEORISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM; SIGMOID; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRIPLEGIA; TIME;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036717137     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2002.11753617     Document Type: Article

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