Effect of perineal compression on the rectal tone: A study of the mechanism of action

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1366-1370

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a   Ahmed, Ismail ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Barostat; Defecation; Perineum; Rectal tone; Reflex

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; POLYETHYLENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BAROSTAT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINEORECTAL REFLEX; PERINEUM; RECTUM; REFLEX ARC; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; PERINEUM; PRESSURE; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX;

EID: 0142043418     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6751-6     Document Type: Article

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