Electromyographic findings of paradoxical puborectalis contraction correlate poorly with cinedefecography

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-81

  Yeh, C Y ^a   Pikarsky, A ^a   Wexner, S D ^a   Baig, M K ^a   Jain, A ^a   Weiss, E G ^a   Nogueras, J J ^a   Vernava III, A M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anismus; Cinedefecography; Constipation; Electromyography; Paradoxical puborectalis contraction

Indexed keywords

ANATRAST; BARIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CINEDEFECOGRAPHY; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEEDLE; PARADOXICAL PUBORECTALIS CONTRACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECTUM DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERINEUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0041878919     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-003-0013-9     Document Type: Article

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