Biofeedback therapy for defecation disorders

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue , 1997, Pages 78-92

  Rao, Satish S C ^a   Enck, Paul ^b   Loening Baucke, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofeedback therapy; Constipation; Encopresis; Fecal incontinence; Obstructive defecation

Indexed keywords

CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS;

EID: 0038079192     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: 14219875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000171623     Document Type: Article

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